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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.
Courts are split on denying a chapter 13 discharge for missing payments made directly to the mortgagee.

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.