707(b)

A section of Chapter 7 bankruptcy law relating to dismissal of bankruptcy cases for "abuse" typically because the debtor is considered to have sufficient disposable income to repay some portion of unsecured debt in a Chapter 13 plan instead of wiping it all out.

Also see "abuse."
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