Circuits Split on Allowing Debtors to Cure Chapter 13 Plan Defaults After Five Years
Tenth Circuit splits with the Third and Seventh Circuits on allowing a debtor to cure defaults after a five-year plan has ended.
Sixth Circuit Creates a Split by Requiring Dismissal of an Abusive Chapter 13 Filing
Disagreeing with two other circuits, the Sixth Circuit finds no power in the bankruptcy court to avoid dismissing a chapter 13 case even if the debtor filed repeatedly in bad faith to avoid foreclosure.