Displaying Journal Articles for Author Joseph R. Prochaska

Should you let a sleeping dog lie? Chapter 13 plans, once confirmed, can be modified. However, modification triggers a re-examination of the debtor's affairs, including his or her income and assets. Absent a modification of a chapter 13 pla…

In last month's "Consumer Corner" column, Tom Ray discussed the significant split among the Courts of Appeal over whether a debtor is required to reaffirm an indebtedness in order to retain collateral, or whether the debtor can simply retai…