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.
In an involuntary petition, creditors who received voidable transfers may not be counted in deciding whether the alleged debtor has 12 or more creditors. On an issue where lower courts are split.....
A district judge in Shreveport, La., called a halt to a local practice of paying counsel only after confirmation of a chapter 13 plan and therefore automatically disallowing compensation whenever a.....