
To the best of my knowledge, an IRA is protected up to about a million dollars in a bankruptcy, as long as it is in fact in a qualifed retirement account. I have heard of some exceptions to this popping up for IRAs that are inherited, but for most cases they are protected.
Mark J. Markus, Attorney at Law
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