New York Eastern District

Even if a debtor is ineligible to file again under Section 109(g), another filing does create a stay, but it’s not applicable to enforcement of a lien against real property.

A tort claim time-barred at filing doesn’t become estate property when the legislature reopens the statute of limitations.

A tax foreclosure that isn’t an unconstitutional taking can still be a constructively fraudulent transfer depending on when and how the debtor receives the equity above the delinquent taxes.

A district court in New York holds that denial of a settlement motion is not final and not appealable.

If state law prohibits assertion of the homestead exemption in tax foreclosure and the debtor can’t take federal exemptions, does the debtor lack standing to set aside a fraudulent transfer?

Congress decided to deviate from standard priorities by providing in Section 724 that unsecured domestic support obligations come ahead of tax liens.

Providing an adult child with room and board in the family home is not a fraudulent transfer.

Joining the majority of courts, Judge Grossman says that the debtor’s conduct, not the identity of the holder of the claim, determines nondischargeability.

Reversing, a Long Island district judge credits value to a homeowner’s ability to delay foreclosure, taking a position contrary to a recent decision from a Ninth Circuit B.A.P.

No more informal ‘no-look’ fees in the courtroom of Bankruptcy Judge Robert Grossman.