Plan Confirmation

Split 9th Circuit BAP Exempts Adoption Payments from Disposable Income in Chapter 13

9th Circuit BAP opinion broadly puts welfare payments beyond reach of chapter 13 creditors.
Court: 

Florida Judge Reads Eleventh Circuit Conservatively on Third-Party Releases

Plan insulating business owners flunks the test for third-party releases.

Fifth Circuit Sticks by ‘Specificity’ Test for Third-Party Releases

Generic language won’t release third parties in the Fifth Circuit.
Court: 

Judge Properly Attached Strings to a Full-Payment Chapter 13 Plan

Equity powers enable a judge to put the screws to a chapter 13 debtor.

Discrimination in Favor of Student Loans Makes Plan Fatally Defective

Bad policy choice in chapter 13 is an issue for Congress, not the courts, judge says.