Comments on: inheritance after bankruptcy http://www.bankruptcy-canada.ca/after-bankruptcy/2010/01/inheritance-after-bankruptcy.html Personal Bankruptcy Canada Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Barton Goth - Goth & Company Inc. -Trustee in Bankruptcy http://www.bankruptcy-canada.ca/after-bankruptcy/2010/01/inheritance-after-bankruptcy.html#comment-113623 Barton Goth - Goth & Company Inc. -Trustee in Bankruptcy Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:58:35 +0000 http://www.bankruptcy-canada.ca/after-bankruptcy/2010/01/inheritance-after-bankruptcy.html#comment-113623 This will not violate your <a HREF="http://www.hoyes.com/effects-of-bankruptcy-discharge.htm" rel="nofollow">discharge</A>. As this inheritance became available during the <a HREF="http://www.bankruptcy-canada.ca/whatIsBankruptcy.htm" rel="nofollow">bankruptcy</A>, it is an asset that should still belong to your creditors. Now your <a HREF="http://www.bankruptcy-canada.ca/bankruptcy-trustee.htm" rel="nofollow">trustee</A> should have contacted the lawyer involved and when the money is paid out it should be paid out to the trustee who in turn will distribute it to your creditors, but you will still remain discharged. So the best thing to do is to contact your trustee and they will assist you from there. This will not violate your discharge. As this inheritance became available during the bankruptcy, it is an asset that should still belong to your creditors.

Now your trustee should have contacted the lawyer involved and when the money is paid out it should be paid out to the trustee who in turn will distribute it to your creditors, but you will still remain discharged.

So the best thing to do is to contact your trustee and they will assist you from there.

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