Almost two years after the implementation of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA), it would appear that some of its provisions are meeting their objectives better than others.
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The more I look at the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA), the more I am beginning to think that we have all been misled by those who either did not know or did not care to know any bett
We are very much in the early innings on issues involving 910 claims under the hanging paragraph of 11 U.S.C. §1325(a)(9).
The frequency with which small businesses fail gives rise to a common scenario: Former small-business owners finding themselves burdened with not only personally guaranteed trade payables, but also with significant amounts of business-re
It’s not what a man doesn’t know that makes him a fool, it’s what he does know that ain't so.
-Josh Billings
Occasionally, a debtor may place a provision in a chapter 13 plan that is contrary to the Bankruptcy Code and the plan is confirmed without objection. It has been a long-held belief that a creditor’s failure to object to the confirmation of a chapter 13 plan waives any objection to the plan once the plan is confirmed.
Disparate Effects of a Single Word
Recent events have made me wonder, what exactly can I do for a previously filed client (previous filer) who walks into the door and wants to file a new bankruptcy case?
Courts have recently been wrestling with, and finding creative ways of interpreting, the un-numbered “hanging paragraph” at the end of 11 U.S.C. §1325(a) in the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA).
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