Joining the Tenth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit also has held that chapter 13 trustees are not paid their fees when cases are dismissed before confirmation. The identical issue was argued on February 15 before the Second Circuit.
In short order, we’ll have either unanimity or a split of circuits. A split will give rise to an issue worthy of a grant of certiorari by the Supreme Court.
Notably, the Ninth Circuit’s opinion on June 12 adopted reasoning in an amicus brief filed in support of the debtor by the National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center and National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.
After discharge, a creditor may not revivify a judicial lien that was avoided as an impairment of an exemption under Section 522(f), for reasons explained by Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook.....
Bankruptcy is no get-out-of-jail-free card for someone who has disobeyed matrimonial court orders, as shown in an opinion by Bankruptcy Judge David D. Cleary of Chicago.
The January 19 decision by.....
Being a beneficiary of a decedent’s estate didn’t entitle the chapter 13 debtor to cure defaults on the mortgage on his deceased parents’ home. Nor did the debtor’s equitable interest in the property.....
Addressing a question that the Seventh Circuit hasn’t decided, Bankruptcy Judge David D. Cleary of Chicago “respectfully” disagreed with the Sixth Circuit and sided with the majority by holding that a.....
An option to purchase real property is not an executory contract that a chapter 11 debtor can reject, according to Bankruptcy Judge Robyn L. Moberly of Indianapolis.
Prof. Jay L. Westbrook of the.....
Putting a child through college — even at a rock-bottom tuition — can make someone ineligible for chapter 7 and simultaneously incapable of funding a chapter 13 plan, as demonstrated in an opinion by.....
In fixing the value of a debtor’s interest in property held as tenants by the entireties when avoiding a judicial lien as an impairment of an exemption under Section 522(f), the First Circuit held.....
Bankruptcy Judge Timothy A. Barnes of Chicago certified a question for the Seventh Circuit to decide on direct appeal: May a chapter 13 trustee be paid her fee if the case is dismissed before.....
The Seventh Circuit wrote an opinion to explain why the “clear and convincing” standard of proof for a turnover action that prevailed under the former Bankruptcy Act was replaced by a “preponderance.....
What happens in chapter 13 if a secured creditor doesn’t file a claim, and the debtor doesn’t file a claim for the creditor? There are two schools of thought.
Here’s the situation. The debtor owns a.....