DETERMINE WHETHER THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE OR FALSE AND THENEXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.Stephanie Simpson, a United States citizen, is a reporter for a majornewspaper. For the past three years, she has been assigned to LondaAll of her property is with her while she lives in London. Stephanienow finds that she can not pay her creditors, may she now file forbankruptcy under the Code?

A legal position known as bankruptcy is applied to people or entities that are unable to pay their…

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