"Colorado Bankruptsy"
Common misspelling which may violate Colorado bankruptcy statutory pleading requirements for specific petition
language. Courts are provided with broad discretion to allow debtors to cure errors at the present time,
including misspellings, however pending legislation provides for mandatory dismissals in many new circumstances.
Other common misspellings include bankuptcy, bankruptcie, bankluptcie, bankrupty, bankruptsy, bankrupcy, bankluptsy,
banruptcy, bakruptcy, bnkruptcy, bankrutcy, bankrptcy, bankruptsie bankluptcy, bamkruptcy, bankruptyc, bankrupcty, bankrutpcy, bankrputcy, bankurptcy,
banrkuptcy, baknruptcy and bankruptc.
| 11 U.S.C. §302: "(a) Joint cases under a chapter of this title is commenced by the
filing with the bankruptcy court of a single petition under such chapter by an individual that may be a debtor under
such chapter and such individual's spouse. The commencement of a joint case under a chapter of this
title constitutes an order for relief under such chapter. (b) After the commencement of a joint case,
the court shall determine the extent, if any, to which the debtors' estates shall be consolidated " |
NOTE: Spanish language forms and information may be obtained from a various websites, including the United
State Department of Justice, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and other US Court sites. Regarding these
forms, the Colorado Bankruptcy Court advises "While we have no reason to believe that these Spanish language
forms or information have been translated inaccurately, only the English language forms are officially
prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States Courts. Accordingly, the Court for the District of
Colorado can not guarantee the accuracy or sufficiency of information contained in Spanish language forms or
informational documents." The Colorado Bankruptcy Court also maintains a pro bono program to assist qualified
debtors with adversary proceedings (not available to file petitions to initiate Ch. 7 or 13 cases).
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