May 16, 2019
BAP joins the majority of courts by saying that defaulting on direct mortgage payments precludes a chapter 13 debtor from receiving a discharge.
May 13, 2019
Egregious behavior doesn’t always result in nondischargeability for willful and malicious injury.
Egregious behavior doesn’t always result in nondischargeability for willful and malicious injury.
May 7, 2019
Finding ‘undue hardship’ held not to require discharging all student loan debt.
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
Finding ‘undue hardship’ held not to require discharging all student loan debt.
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
April 29, 2019
The Ninth Circuit BAP follows Kelley, even though the panel implies that the Supreme Court tortured the language in Section 523(a)(7).
April 25, 2019
In Taggart v. Lorenzen, the justices sounded largely noncommittal, except for the Chief Justice, who seemed in the debtor’s camp favoring a stricter standard for contempt of the discharge injunction.
In Taggart v. Lorenzen, the justices sounded largely noncommittal, except for the Chief Justice, who seemed in the debtor’s camp favoring a stricter standard for contempt of the discharge injunction.
April 24, 2019
Conversely, giving notice to a creditor’s state-court counsel may not be adequate, New Jersey judge says.
Conversely, giving notice to a creditor’s state-court counsel may not be adequate, New Jersey judge says.