bankruptcy document

 

 Prior to the enactment of the Bankruptcy Code in 1978, courts generally determined that a debtor's obligations to pay interest stop accruing as of the petition date. Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code prohibits the inclusion of "unmatured interest" in an allowed claim. Pre-Code common law recognized a so-called "solvent debtor" exception, whereby a solvent debtor continued to incur obligations to pay interest accruing after filing its bankruptcy petition.