Consumer Mortgage Modification Mediation: A Florida Success Story

Lien-stripping, short sales and other contested confirmation issues are highlighted.

Analysis of recent cases in chapters 7 and 13.

(1) Resolved: Curbing pension rights in a chapter 9 case is constitutional. (2) Resolved: Committee member fees are not payable as part of a chapter 11 plan. (3) Resolved: A chapter 13 debtor may employ § 363 to effect a free-and-clear short sale of a principal residence notwithstanding § 1322(b)(2) and the secured creditor’s objection.