Rochelle's Daily Wire

The Ninth Circuit answered a question left open by the Supreme Court in Ritzen.

Family lawyers should be acutely aware that bankruptcy protections for former spouses don’t cover unmarried couples.

For those entitled to the mortgage interest deduction, debtors may have unexpected tax benefits from short sales.

In Ohio, the debtor won’t lose the homestead exemption by transferring a home to a revocable trust.

No more informal ‘no-look’ fees in the courtroom of Bankruptcy Judge Robert Grossman.

Equitable tolling can extend the two-year deadline for filing complaints, but the deadline can’t be extended without notice to the defendants, even if they are unknown or unknowable.

District judge in Idaho finds no ambiguity in a statute that doesn’t explicitly say whether a chapter 13 trustee is paid if the case is dismissed before confirmation.

So long as the debtor is paying unsecured creditors what chapter 13 requires, the debtor is not obliged to pursue preferences.

Interest, if any, due on arrears cured under a plan derives from the loan documents and state law.

Seventh Circuit says that costs incurred by disciplinary authorities are not in compensation for ‘actual pecuniary loss.’