Extended time between discharges

• S. 256 § 312
Section 727(a)(8) is amended to subject a Chapter 7 debtor to denial of discharge if the debtor received a Chapter 7 or 11 discharge in a case filed within 8 years of the filing of the pending case. Section 1328 is amended to include a new subsection (f) providing that a Chapter 13 debtor will be denied discharge if the debtor received a discharge (1) “in a case filed under Chapter 7, 11, or 12 . . . during the 4-year period preceding the date of the order for relief” in the pending case, or (2) “in a case filed under Chapter 13 . . . during the 2-year period preceding the date of such order.”1 The resulting discharge system can be displayed in a table: