New Jersey Sep 29, 2025

Bad Faith Chapter 13 Debtor Permitted to Dismiss Is Tagged with a 2-Year Bar to Refiling

Quick Take Bankruptcy Judge Meisel implores the Third Circuit to follow other circuits on dismissing bad faith debtors’ chapter 13 petitions but with bars to refiling.

Lender Collects Only Once When Both Spouses Personally Guarantee a Debt

Quick Take If a lender could collect only once outside of bankruptcy when both spouses guaranteed a debt, the result is the same in a single or joint bankruptcy by the spouses.
10th Circuit Sep 30, 2025

Lack of Financial Distress Results in Chapter 11 Dismissal for Bad Faith

Quick Take Lack of financial distress was one of several contributing factors for the Tenth Circuit BAP’s affirmance of dismissal for bad faith filing in chapter 11.