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What Are Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy?

Sawin & Shea

Which creditors can they pay? This typically occurs because the debtor doesn’t have the money to pay all of their creditors, so they feel they need to rank which ones are more important to pay first. When payments are made to some creditors over others, they can be considered preferential payments according to bankruptcy laws.