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Post date: Thursday, January 01, 2009

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) added a new provision regarding personal property leases, §365(p), which provides:

Post date: Friday, December 12, 2008

Bankruptcy courts addressing the issue have reached a consensus regarding the extent to which a nonfiling spouse’s income should be included in the calculation of

Post date: Friday, December 12, 2008

Bankruptcy courts addressing the issue have reached a consensus regarding the extent to which a nonfiling spouse’s income should be included in the calculation of

Post date: Friday, December 12, 2008
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William A. McNeal

One of the myriad changes made to bankruptcy practice by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) is the treatment of a claim f

Post date: Friday, December 12, 2008

Section 522(c) of the Bankruptcy Code states that “unless the case is dismissed, property exempted under this section is not liable during or after the case for an

Post date: Friday, December 12, 2008

Since the enactment of BAPCPA, both bankruptcy and appellate courts have been split on the issue of whether debtors may deduct vehicle ownership expenses for vehic

Post date: Tuesday, September 09, 2008
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William J. McLeod

Completing Form 22A necessarily requires the consideration of pre-petition debts, but if a debtor intends to surrender real estate, should that expense still be in

Post date: Friday, August 08, 2008

One of the most hotly debated aspects of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 was whether the unlimited homestead exemption in state

Post date: Friday, June 06, 2008

A debtor's proposed chapter 13 plan may not be confirmed if a trustee or the holder of an unsecured claim objects thereto unless a debtor pays in full each allowed

Post date: Friday, April 04, 2008
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William Andrew McNeal

 the court emphasized that the debtor's attorney's conduct in the case was above reproach (honest and straightforward), and held that it should not be inferred "as

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