{"id":5509,"date":"2020-12-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5509"},"modified":"2020-12-11T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:00:03","slug":"repaying-salary-after-arrest-isnt-compensation-for-loss-and-isnt-dischargeable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5509","title":{"rendered":"Repaying Salary After Arrest Isn\u2019t Compensation for Loss and Isn\u2019t Dischargeable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ARREST1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2953\" width=\"272\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ARREST1.jpg 569w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ARREST1-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The obligation of a police officer to repay salary after being convicted of a crime is a nondischargeable debt, according to Bankruptcy Judge Kathryn C. Ferguson and District Judge Michael A. Shipp of Trenton, N.J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Affirming Judge Ferguson\u2019s decision, the September 28 opinion by Judge Shipp holds that the obligation to repay salary was not compensation for pecuniary loss. Rather, it was penal and thus nondischargeable, even though measured by the former officer\u2019s salary.<br>The decision was based on Supreme Court authority that has been criticized recently for departing from the language of Section 523(a)(7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being sued? Contact our office at 816-524-4949 or you can visit our website at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/www.hoorfarlaw.com\/\">hoorfarlaw.com<\/a>&nbsp;to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The obligation of a police officer to repay salary after being convicted of a crime is a nondischargeable debt, according to Bankruptcy Judge Kathryn C. Ferguson and District Judge Michael A. Shipp of Trenton, N.J. Affirming Judge Ferguson\u2019s decision, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5509\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[267],"class_list":["post-5509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-attorney"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5520,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5509\/revisions\/5520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}