ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Personal Insolvency Arrangement

Okay kiddo, sometimes people have too much money they owe to others and they can't pay it back. This can be a scary situation but there is something called a personal insolvency arrangement that can help them.

A personal insolvency arrangement is a way for someone who owes a lot of money to different people to come up with a plan to pay it back. They work with someone called an insolvency practitioner to make a plan that both the person who owes the money and the people they owe money to agree on.

The plan usually involves the person who owes money making a monthly payment to their insolvency practitioner over a few years. This money is then divided up and given to the people they owe money to until everything is paid back.

It's like if you borrowed five dollars from three of your friends and didn't have enough money to pay them back. You could work with your mom or dad to come up with a plan to pay each friend fifty cents a week until you paid them all back.

It's important to remember that personal insolvency arrangements are only for people who really need them and can't pay back their debts without help. It's not a way to avoid paying money you owe or to get out of paying for things you bought. It's a way to get back on track and make things right.