The Boston Herald reports this morning:
The number of Massachusetts people filing for Chapter 13 personal bankruptcy jumped to 2,187 during the first half of 2007, up 85 percent over the previous year and up 78 percent during the same period in 2004, prior to when the U.S. bankruptcy system was overhauled in 2005.The number of Chapter 7 liquidation filings also more than doubled to 4,251 during the first half of the year, compared to the year-ago period, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Massachusetts District.
