Consumer Bankruptcy

Rochelle’s Daily Wire

Expert analysis of the latest court decisions affecting consumer debtors — covering discharge, mortgage servicing, student loans, exemptions, and more.

Cases covered: 1,408 (all-time)
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Sep 07, 2023 n/a
I am thrilled to briefly pinch-hit here at Rochelle’s Daily Wire, though I doubt that Bill actually knows how to take a “vacation.” For those who have followed RDW through the years, you know that.....
Aug 22, 2023 Jeffrey S. Sutton
The government won the IRS Open three sets to love, when the Sixth Circuit sided with the Third and Fourth Circuits by holding that the “penalty” imposed on a taxpayer for failure to purchase health.....
Aug 02, 2023 Michael D. Hawkins
Splitting with the Tenth Circuit, a divided panel on the Ninth Circuit held that the post-petition appreciation in the value of a home belongs to creditors when a chapter 13 debtor converts the case.....
Jul 21, 2023 Richard R. Clifton
Building on the Supreme Court’s decision in Wellness International, the Ninth Circuit closed loopholes to preclude a pro se litigant from reneging on implied consent to final adjudication by a non.....
Jun 26, 2023 John B. Nalbandian
Declining “the request to expand broadly an already questionable doctrine,” the majority on a Sixth Circuit panel held “that the doctrine of equitable mootness has no place in Chapter 7 liquidations.”.....
Jun 15, 2023 Milan D. Smith, Jr.
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.....
Jun 08, 2023 Daniel S. Opperman
Using powers of equity and common sense, Bankruptcy Judge Daniel S. Opperman of Bay City, Mich., didn’t allow a grinch to steal a disabled man’s IRA. A chapter 7 debtor was permanently disabled. Before.....
Jun 07, 2023 Margaret M. Mann
Assume the debtor is liable as the transferee of a fraudulent transfer made by someone else who had actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud. In Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, 143 S. Ct. 665 (Sup. Ct. Feb.....
Venue ping pong is a proper method for putting a case in the improper district, according to Bankruptcy Judge Nicholas W. Whittenburg. Sitting in Chattanooga, Tenn., Judge Whittenburg’s courthouse is.....
May 25, 2023 Mary Jo Heston
A chapter 13 debtor ties the score in the top half of the ninth inning in a game against the trustee. In the bottom half of the ninth inning, the trustee loads the bases with two outs. The batter for.....