Colorado

The Section 522(g) preclusion of an exemption on fraudulently transferred property only applies if the trustee recovers the property.

Affirming Bankruptcy Judge Michael Romero, the district court holds that an exemption remains valid even though the exempt property remains subject to a nondischargeable domestic support obligation.

Tenth Circuit will be deciding whether an entire child tax credit is exempt or only a pro rata portion.

If a ‘13’ case is dismissed after confirmation, the holder of an avoided lien retains remedies under state law, Judge Rosania says.

Colorado allows the ‘stacking’ of exemptions, given the mandate to interpret exemptions liberally in favor of debtors.

A discharge in bankruptcy by itself does not start the statute of limitations running on a defaulted mortgage, Colorado Supreme Court holds.

Judge Rosania answered a question left open by the Tenth Circuit in Barrera.

Had Congress considered the facts that were before Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Brown, it surely would have written the statute differently, this writer believes.

District judge in Colorado sides with the majority and doesn’t allow a chapter 13 trustee to be paid if dismissal occurs before plan confirmation.

Judge McNamara of Denver allowed chapter 13 debtors to keep all of a $46,500 personal injury settlement received before filing.