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.
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.....
As a matter of first impression among the circuits regarding bankruptcy law, the Fourth Circuit decided that restitution as part of the sentence for commission of a crime is nondischargeable under.....
The Eighth Circuit holds that judicial estoppel bars a chapter 13 debtor from recovering on an undisclosed personal injury claim that arose after filing but before the completion of plan payments. If.....
On an issue where the circuits are split, a magistrate judge in Chicago naturally followed the Seventh Circuit by dismissing a claim without prejudice where the debtor was pursuing contempt for.....
Bankruptcy Judge Joseph G. Rosania, Jr., of Denver told holders of judicial liens how to prevent loss of their liens if chapter 13 debtors avoid the liens as impairments on homestead exemptions, but.....
The debt limits for Subchapter V and chapter 13 will expire on June 21, 2024, but a bill to extend the existing caps for two more years is being blocked by one senator.
In April, a bipartisan group of.....
The Ninth Circuit tells us that a claim of a debtor belongs to the estate if the claim is based on a course of conduct that began before bankruptcy and continues after filing. The debtor isn’t even.....
Is a chapter 7 trustee paid anything if the trustee discovers nonexempt property that would pay creditors in full but the case converts to chapter 13 before the trustee makes distributions?
In his May.....
One day apart, bankruptcy judges in the Ninth Circuit disagreed on the availability of emotional distress damages to remedy violations of the discharge injunction in Section 524.
Relying on authorities.....
On two important questions, the Third Circuit handed down a decision on modification of chapter 13 plans that should apply equally to modified chapter 11 plans:
1. When the debtor moves to modify a.....