Abstract
The article focuses on the topic of discharge of a debtor as a relatively new process of solving the financial insolvency of natural persons under the part four of Act on Bankruptcy and Restructuring no. 7/2005 Coll. The author tries to point on a practical view of discharge of the debtor under the conditions of Slovak law. Author analyses the issues of a claims, cancellation of discharge of the debtor for a dishonest intention and the legal status of bankruptcy trustee in the discharge of the debtor, in order to discuss the possible adjustments of the discharge of the debtor institute.