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You probably won't get any protection/relief for that. First, overpayments and amounts due to most governmental agencies are given a very high priority. Second, and more importantly, is that under almost any instance of you receiving unemployment that you weren't supposed to, it is because of your filing a claim that you weren't alllowed to, or hiding your current employment of such, all of which to collect you swore something different, and is actually able to be pursued as a fraud and crime. The agency is giving you a break allowing you to make it good. Illegal acts, like fraudulently getting UI, are not going to get any protection by the BK court.

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No. You can file for bankruptcy for debts to be discharged. If you are being asked to repay the overpayment, that is a debt.Whether it can be discharged or not depends on whether the overpayment is due to something you did that amounts to fraud or misinformation you provided. If you are not At Fault for the overpayment, it would usually be dischargeable. Consult a local bankruptcy lawyer, since the case law varies from one bankruptcy court to another.

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