The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACB) has issued a report that provides the first analysis of over 60,000 consumers who have filed for bankruptcy protection since the enactment of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act in October of 2006. The report, Bankruptcy Reform’s Impact: Where Are All the Deadbeats, is available at: http://nacba.com. In its report, the NACB concludes that the changes put in place by Congress are not working as intended. Among other things, the report finds that of the 61,335 consumers seen so far by credit counseling firms nearly all are unable to repay any debts, and four out of five would-be filers were forced into dire financial straits by circumstances beyond their control, such as the loss of a job, catastrophic medical expenses or the death of a spouse.

 Written by: Mette Kurth