{"id":201,"date":"2010-01-05T10:11:13","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T14:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dev.atiqbd.com\/8-year-bankruptcy-rule-start-date\/"},"modified":"2010-01-05T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T14:11:13","slug":"8-year-bankruptcy-rule-start-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/8-year-bankruptcy-rule-start-date","title":{"rendered":"Is the 8-Years-Between-Bankruptcies Rule Based on the Filing Date or the Discharge Date?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before filing for a  second Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, a debtor must wait eight (8) years after filing the first case in which a discharge was  granted.<\/p>\n<p>But in some cases there can be a significant amount of time that passes between the original filing and the date the Bankruptcy is officially discharged by the Trustee. 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