Plan Confirmation

Although the chapter 13 confirmation order was concededly final and enforceable, the appeals court set aside a plan provision modifying a residential mortgage.

Have We Led Chapter 13 Debtors Down the Garden Path with Promises of Pandemic Relief? 1 By David Cox COVID-19 entered the chapter 13 consumer debtor community like a “wrecking ball.” 2 Soon after COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S., the unemployment rate jumped

Benchnotes By Aaron M. Kaufman, Bradley D. Pack and Christina Sanfelippo Multiple Affiliates: Every Action Taken for the Collective Estates Does Not Have to Be Good for Each Debtor Complex chapter 11 cases rarely involve a single debtor entity. Indeed, virtually every

Bankruptcy Judge Robert Mark used common sense and logic to answer a question where the statute has no ready answer.

Joining the ‘slight minority,’ Judge Fenimore rules that post-petition appreciation in the value of a homestead goes to the chapter 7 estate when the chapter 13 case converts.

Benchnotes By Bradley D. Pack, Aaron M. Kaufman and Christina Sanfelippo Failure to Timely Object to Debtors’ Claim of Exemption in “100 Percent of FMV” of Property Removes the Property from the Estate In In re Masingale, 1 the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) of

Should the cost of employer-provided health care insurance be considered income for lower-income Americans?

A plan longer than five years must revert to a five-year plan now that Congress has allowed Section 1329(d) to expire, Judge Hanan says.

Ninth Circuit BAP interprets Taylor and Schwab to mean that a trustee cannot revisit the value of an exempt asset if the debtor claimed ‘100% of FMV’ and there was no timely objection.