When filing for bankruptcy, it is important that you do it for the right reasons. There are times when your case can be dismissed because you didn't file a case in "good faith".  Some factors considered by bankruptcy courts to determine if a petition is filed in good faith include, but are not exclusive to, eleven factors that include:

(1) The debtor's concealment or misrepresentation of assets and/or sources of income, such as the improper or unexplained transfers of assets prior to filing;

(2) The debtor's lack of candor and completeness in his statements and schedules, such as the inflation of his expenses to disguise his financial well-being;

(3) The debtor has sufficient resources to repay his debts, and leads a lavish lifestyle, continuing to have excessive and continued expenditures;

(4) The debtor's motivation in filing is to avoid a large single debt incurred through conduct akin to fraud, misconduct, or gross negligence, such as a judgment in pending litigation, or a collection action;

(5) The debtor's petition is part of a "deliberate and persistent pattern" of evading a single creditor;

(6) The debtor is "overutilizing the protection of the Code" to the detriment to his creditors;

(7) The debtor reduced his creditors to a single creditor prior to filing the petition;

(8) The debtor's lack of attempt to repay creditors;

(9) The debtor's payment of debts to insider creditors;

(10) The debtor's "procedural gymnastics" that have the effect of frustrating creditors;

(11) The unfairness of the debtor's use of the bankruptcy process.