Joining the Tenth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit also has held that chapter 13 trustees are not paid their fees when cases are dismissed before confirmation. The identical issue was argued on February 15 before the Second Circuit.
In short order, we’ll have either unanimity or a split of circuits. A split will give rise to an issue worthy of a grant of certiorari by the Supreme Court.
Notably, the Ninth Circuit’s opinion on June 12 adopted reasoning in an amicus brief filed in support of the debtor by the National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center and National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.
While closing one door, the Supreme Court opened another door today for debtors to argue that the statute of limitations does not begin to run until discovery of the existence of a claim under the.....
A gun is exempt as household goods depending on where the debtor lives (and the purpose the debtor assigns to keeping a firearm).
A couple in Connecticut claimed that a .22 caliber, lever-action rifle.....
A decision from Illinois highlights two flaws in the U.S. health care system: (1) Even with health insurance, medical bills can force someone into bankruptcy; and (2) if medical bills are “consumer”.....
To give better definition to what is or is not a final, appealable order in a bankruptcy case, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Ritzen Group Inc. v. Jackson Masonry LLC, 18-938 (Sup. Ct.). The.....
A motion to dismiss an involuntary petition only gives the debtor a temporary reprieve from filing a list of creditors. Without awaiting a discovery request by the involuntary petitioners, the debtor.....
On an issue where the courts are divided, Bankruptcy Judge Kevin R. Huennekens of Richmond, Va., ruled that a joint tenant may strip an underwater lien from property even though the co-owner is not in.....
Taking sides with the minority in a circuit split, the Third Circuit held that the automatic stay in Section 362(a) does not require a secured creditor to turn over repossessed property immediately or.....
A district court has held that a creditor may not compel arbitration to determine the allowance of a claim, even if the objection has been coupled with a class action seeking damages for violation of.....
Yesterday we reported a decision where Bankruptcy Judge Michelle M. Harner of Baltimore ruled that newly modified Bankruptcy Rule 3002(c)(6) did not give her discretion to allow a creditor to file a.....
On an issue where the courts are divided, Bankruptcy Judge Michelle M. Harner of Baltimore ruled that a creditor without notice of a chapter 13 case was not permitted to file a late claim, nor was the.....