Split 9th Circuit BAP Exempts Adoption Payments from Disposable Income in Chapter 13
9th Circuit BAP opinion broadly puts welfare payments beyond reach of chapter 13 creditors.
Judge Properly Attached Strings to a Full-Payment Chapter 13 Plan
Equity powers enable a judge to put the screws to a chapter 13 debtor.
Discrimination in Favor of Student Loans Makes Plan Fatally Defective
Bad policy choice in chapter 13 is an issue for Congress, not the courts, judge says.