May 22, 2019
Money taken from a debtor’s own retirement account to pay a creditor does not qualify for the earmarking defense, Chief Judge Fehling says.
May 16, 2019
BAP joins the majority of courts by saying that defaulting on direct mortgage payments precludes a chapter 13 debtor from receiving a discharge.
BAP joins the majority of courts by saying that defaulting on direct mortgage payments precludes a chapter 13 debtor from receiving a discharge.
April 8, 2019
Courts are split on denying a chapter 13 discharge for missing payments made directly to the mortgagee.
9th Circuit , Arizona ,
Courts are split on denying a chapter 13 discharge for missing payments made directly to the mortgagee.
9th Circuit , Arizona ,
April 4, 2019
Fed up with a lawyer’s frivolous litigation tactics, the federal and state courts suspended a lawyer from practice.
Fed up with a lawyer’s frivolous litigation tactics, the federal and state courts suspended a lawyer from practice.
April 2, 2019
Congress may have intended to preclude ‘stay and pay,’ but it didn’t succeed.
Congress may have intended to preclude ‘stay and pay,’ but it didn’t succeed.
March 21, 2019
A mortgage recorded more than 30 days after closing resulted in a transfer within the preference window.