Overpaying a DSO Doesn’t Result in a Nondischargeable Debt, Seventh Circuit Holds
On an issue dividing the courts, the Seventh Circuit rules that an obligation to repay a domestic support obligation is a dischargeable debt, not a nondischargeable DSO.
An Order Directing Specific Performance Means the Contract Is Not Executory
Idaho’s Judge Myers rules that an order directing specific performance is not a transfer and cannot be a preference.
Mothers Owed Child Support Weren’t Entitled to Notice in Father’s Bankruptcy, Circuit Says
Fifth Circuit in substance says that state law overcomes the Bankruptcy Code’s broad definition of who’s a creditor entitled to notice.
Is the ‘Accrual Test’ for the Existence of a Claim Alive and Well after Grossman’s?
Are there two tests for the existence of a claim, one test for claims against the debtor and another test for claims by the debtor?
A Judgment Lien on Entireties Property Is Avoidable in Missouri, Eighth Circuit Says
A judicial lien impairing an exemption is avoidable in some states under Section 522(f), but not in others.