Fourth Circuit Stands Alone in Limiting Chapter 13 Plan Modifications
Eleventh Circuit joins the majority of circuits by holding that unforeseen, changed circumstances are not required to modify a chapter 13 plan.
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Seventh Circuit Requires Court Findings for a Plan Provision the Code Allows
The Seventh Circuit opinion raises the question of whether (or when) a court may restrict the use of a provision in a chapter 13 plan that Section 1322(b) permits.
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Reversing the BAP, Ninth Circuit Allows Chapter 13 Plans with Estimated Durations
The Ninth Circuit allows chapter 13 debtors on their own to accelerate payments to creditors and secure their discharges more quickly without modifying their plans.
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Eleventh Circuit Holds that a Chapter 13 Plan Alone Can’t Assume a Lease or Contract
In the first court of appeals decision on the topic, the Eleventh Circuit holds that the chapter 13 trustee alone has power to assume a lease or contract.
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May a Chapter 13 Plan Pay a Larger Percentage Toward Student Loans?
Since Congress has made student loans virtually nondischargeable, why can’t a chapter 13 plan discriminate in favor of paying more toward student loans?
Final Report of the ABI Consumer Commission
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Student Loan Update and the State of Higher Education Across Jurisdictions
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