April 23, 2025
A homeowners’ association is not a single asset real estate debtor because the HOA’s income doesn’t come from the common areas but from assessments paid by unit owners.
March 14, 2025
On a question where the courts are split, Bankruptcy Judge Pamela McAfee sides with the majority and holds that a chapter 13 debtor can’t sell co-owned property.
March 15, 2024
Alleging that a debtor realized an ‘impossibly high’ rate of return in a Ponzi scheme isn’t enough to state a claim of nondischargeability for ‘actual fraud.’
December 22, 2022
Writs of execution and supplemental proceedings, not turnover actions, are the methods for enforcing a money judgment, Bankruptcy Judge Warren says.
September 27, 2022
The automatic stay does not bar increasing authorized shares when the debtor is a minority shareholder.
August 11, 2021
After Taggart v. Lorenzen, plans, orders and injunctions must be highly specific to hold an offending creditor in contempt.
July 20, 2020
Bankruptcy Judge Warren makes sure the sanctions won’t be dischargeable if the offending creditor files his own bankruptcy.
July 16, 2020
Can student loans be wiped out as fraudulent transfers that aren’t dischargeable under Section 523(a)(8)?
June 16, 2020
Bankruptcy Judge David Warren warns small business trustees that they won’t be compensated if they are “overzealous” or undertake “unnecessary or duplicative services.”
October 4, 2019
Factors in permitting separate classification of debts include moral obligation and tangible benefit.