Bankruptcy filings soar in Florida

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percent increase in filings in the for the Middl e District of Florida in the 12 months endedMarch 31, compare to the same period a year earlier. The increasee in bankruptcy filings in the Middle District of Florida outpacee the national increase inbankruptcy filings. bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2009, were up 33.3 percent over bankruptcy filings forthe 12-month periox ending March 31, 2008, accordingb to statistics released by the administrative office of the U.S. Courts. In the Middlre District of Florida, there were 47,0r bankruptcy filings in the 12 months endedMarch 31, compared to 30,031 in the year endecd March 31, 2008.
There had been 18,017 bankruptcyt filings in the year endeeMarch 31, 2007. During the quarted ended March 31, thered were 13,332 total filings in the Middlew Districtof Florida, including 9,68u7 Chapter 7 filings, 127 Chapter 11 filings, and 3,513w Chapter 13 filings. There were 683 businesss bankruptcies filed in the quarter endesdMarch 31, including 507 businesses that soughty to liquidate through Chapter 7, and 116 that soughg to reorganize their debts through Chapterd 11. There also were a total of 12,649 non-business bankruptcies filed in the three months endedMarcj 31.