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.
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Reversing the bankruptcy court, a district judge in San Antonio explained why making estimated tax payments isn’t a fraudulent transfer to the Internal Revenue Service.
For 2020, a couple’s tax.....
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Refusing to dismiss the chapter 7 petition by an individual who owned corporations that sold marijuana at retail, Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali of San Francisco said that the U.S. Trustee Program.....
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A lender and its lawyer were sanctioned under Bankruptcy Rule 9011 for filing a dischargeability complaint against a consumer based only on the allegation that it must have been fraud because the.....
A title lender in Alabama once again failed to defeat a debtor who renewed her loan just before filing a chapter 13 petition, but don’t count the lender out just yet. With every setback, the lender is.....
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In.....
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The debtor filed a.....