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.
A contempt action brought against a debtor personally in a state matrimonial court to compel payment of a domestic support obligation violates the automatic stay despite Section 362(b)(2)(B). That.....
Congress desperately needs to amend the Bankruptcy Code and decide whether chapter 13 debtors are allowed to retain post-petition appreciation in the value of their homes.
Courts today are divided. In.....
You’ve likely seen the ads on TV urging you to hire a law firm to file a claim for exposure to toxic water if you lived or worked at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987.
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Proceeds from the prepetition sale of a homestead may be exempt under state law, but they’re not under federal exemptions, for reasons explained by the Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel in.....
The amendments to Section 330(a) in 1994 do not bar courts from considering “results obtained” when making allowances of professional compensation, the Sixth Circuit held in an opinion on August 16.
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If a debtor has no “ascertainable” residence, the Internal Revenue Service cannot obtain a valid and enforceable tax lien on a debtor’s personal property, according to Bankruptcy Judge M. Ruthie Hagan.....
Everyone knows that chapter 7 debtors seldom have standing to object to a trustee’s initiatives in bankruptcy court because they can’t show that the outcome will affect the debtor. But how strong a.....
Siding with the Fifth Circuit, a majority on a Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversed the bankruptcy court by holding that the “penalty” imposed on a taxpayer for failure to purchase health.....
The fraudulent transfer of a debtor’s home to a revocable trust won’t put the debtor at risk of losing her homestead exemption, at least in Ohio, according to Bankruptcy Judge John P. Gustafson of.....