Courts Deeply Split on Social Security Benefits in the Chapter 13 ‘Abuse’ Test
Michigan judges disagree about the court’s ability to consider Social Security benefits in deciding whether a chapter plan was proposed in good faith.
Treasury Offset Program Can’t Be Used After Bankruptcy, District Judge Says
Now on the district court bench, then-Bankruptcy Judge Frank Volk was upheld in a tricky case involving the government’s right of setoff.
Even a $3 Million Claim for Severance Is Exempt in Illinois as Wages, Easterbrook Says
Pleas to injustice and unfairness failed to persuade the Seventh Circuit to depart from a state law exemption for wages.
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An Inherited IRA Can Be Exempt Under State Law When It’s Not in Section 522(b)(3)(C)
A divided Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that an inherited IRA, not exempt under federal law, is exempt under state law.
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Consumer Attorney Fees: Everything You Always Wanted to Know — The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ethics)
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One Owner May Strip a Lien Off Property Owned JTWROS, Judge Huennekens Says
Courts disagree on lien stripping by one owner of entireties property and jointly owned property.