Displaying Journal Articles for Author Luis Chaves

The Fourth Circuit was right on target last year when it held that C1322(c)(2) does not permit the bifurcation of an undersecured claim into separate secured and unsecured claims, as several bankruptcy courts had held. Witt v. United Compan…

Editor's Note: For more analysis of automatic stay abuses and in rem orders, see Chaves, "In Rem Bankruptcy Refiling Bars: Will They Stop Abuse of the Automatic Stay Against Mortgagees?," 24 Cal. Bankr. J. 1 (Winter 1997). Among the many co…