The Rest of the Story, Sugar By Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn and Olivia Woodmansee In March 2025, when the Fourth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a chapter 13 debtor’s case with prejudice after she sold her home post-petition without a prior co…
To Tell or Not to Tell Isn’t Really a Question: A Debtor’s Duty to Disclose By Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn and Nisha R. Patel 1 The filing of a bankruptcy petition creates an estate comprised of “virtually all the debtor’s assets,” 2 or, more sp…
Where, Oh Where, Are the Child-Support Creditors? By Hon. Elizabeth Gunn, Stuart Wilson-Patton and William R. Pursell 1 It is axiomatic that bankruptcy law in the U.S. is designed to provide a fresh start to individuals weighed down by unfa…
Lawyer Math, Jointly Owned Property and Judicial Liens, Oh My! Section 522(f) and Co-Owned Property By Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn 1 and Evanthea Hammer Exemptions are one of the key elements to an individual debtor’s fresh start provided by the…
Increasing Values Result in Creative Homestead Exemption Claims By Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn and Shelby E. Kostolni The economy following the COVID-19 pandemic has created an environment where many homeowners find themselves in a situation whe…
Eligible or Ineligible Debt? Further Developments in the Definition of the Subchapter V Debt Limitation By Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn and Don Mago Editor’s Note: ABI’s Subchapter V Task Force, launched in April, is studying practitioners’ exper…
Here Yesterday, Gone Today: No Authority to Confirm a Modified Chapter 13 Plan Longer than 60 Months After the Expiration of § 1329(d) By Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn and Don F. Mago The appearance and disappearance just over two years later of §…