consumer Cases
October 10, 2018
A creditor was allowed to keep a voluntary, post-petition payment on a pre-petition debt that the debtor made with non-estate property.
October 4, 2018
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
Remedies available to a bankruptcy judge are limited when granting a partial discharge of student loans.
October 3, 2018
A claim must be disallowed on the validity of the debt before the associated lien can be voided under Section 506(d), the Ninth Circuit BAP holds.
October 2, 2018
Law firm suspended 90 days for multiple violations of rules of professional conduct.
September 24, 2018
Courts split on allowing compensation to a chapter 7 trustee when the case is converted to chapter 13 before distributions were made.
September 21, 2018
Judge Barnes won’t allow a chapter 13 debtor’s counsel to be paid at the expense of secured creditors.
September 20, 2018
‘Value’ doesn’t mean ‘present value’ in Section 1325(b)(1)(A), Judge Lorch says.
September 19, 2018
Appeals court talks about discharging a debt when the issue is denial of discharge.
September 14, 2018
Courts are divided when an exemption claim collides with the government’s right of setoff.
September 13, 2018
Bankruptcy judge says a chapter 13 debtor receives ‘several benefits’ from paying 8% in commissions on mortgage payments through the trustee.