consumer Cases
March 26, 2021
District judge in Indiana holds that the automatic stay only ends as to the debtor’s property after a repeat filing, not also as to estate property.
March 22, 2021
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
Eligibility for an income-based repayment program is relevant only on the third Brunner test regarding good faith.
March 17, 2021
Second Circuit insinuates that “undue hardship” and the Brunner test are synonymous.
March 5, 2021
By adopting a BAP opinion, the Ninth Circuit backed away from disallowing exemptions when a debtor disposes of exempt property after the filing date.
March 4, 2021
Deferred payments to unsecured creditors in a chapter 13 plan must equal the present value of the distributions required by the best interests test, Judge Halfenger says.
February 26, 2021
Deducting a loan to a child from her inheritance wasn’t a violation of the discharge injunction.
February 19, 2021
Bankruptcy court evicted a debtor from his residence because he didn’t qualify for the Covid-19 moratoria.
February 17, 2021
9th Circuit , Montana ,
A lawyer queasy about a client’s decision to assume a lease can’t invoke the court’s scrutiny by making an application to reaffirm the debt under Section 524(c), Judge Hursh says.
February 16, 2021
Tenth Circuit majority believes that the grant or denial of an exemption is sufficient to make the order final, even if the bankruptcy court hasn’t ruled on the extent or amount of the exemption.
February 15, 2021
Circuit Judge Sutton shied away from making a wife liable for her husband’s debts, even though the wife carried on the husband’s farming business.