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.
As shown in an opinion by a district judge in Arkansas, the law throughout the country is not uniform when it comes to the ability of a bankruptcy trustee to sell a debtor’s defensive appellate rights.....
Siding with the Ninth Circuit and distinguishing a seemingly similar decision from the Tenth Circuit, the Eighth Circuit held that appreciation in the value of a home during a chapter 13 case belongs.....
On an issue where the courts are divided, Bankruptcy Judge Beth A. Buchanan of Cincinnati decided that the Social Security benefits of a nonfiling spouse are not to be included in deciding whether the.....
Taking sides on a question where the courts are split, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit puts chapter 13 debtors at risk of losing their homes if the price of real estate has risen.....
In chapters 12 and 13, the courts are divided on whether a debtor must show “a substantial and unanticipated change in circumstances” to modify a confirmed plan.
Following Eighth Circuit dicta, the.....
The Supreme Court’s decision in Clark v. Rameker, 573 U.S. 122 (2014), does not mean that all inherited IRAs are not exempt. As explained by Chief Bankruptcy Judge Thad J. Collins of Cedar Rapids.....
On an issue where the courts are widely divided, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Brian T. Fenimore of Kansas City, Mo., adopted the so-called estate-replenishment theory to conclude that appreciation in a home.....
Joining what he called the “slight minority of courts,” Chief Bankruptcy Judge Brian T. Fenimore of Kansas City, Mo., decided that the appreciation in the value of a homestead during a chapter 13 case.....
For a preference, the transfer occurs when property is placed in escrow or is delivered to the court to be held in custodia legis, according to Bankruptcy Judge William J. Fisher of St. Paul, Minn.
The.....
Nine days apart, bankruptcy judges in Colorado and Minnesota disallowed so-called bifurcated fee arrangements where chapter 7 debtors paid nothing before filing. The two judges found multiple.....