Consumer Bankruptcy

Consumer Bankruptcy | January 2024

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Consumer Bankruptcy | October 2023

With the U.S. Trustee Program announcing that § 341 meetings for all chapter 7 and 13 cases will be heading to Zoom, there is no turning back now. Most routine consumer bankruptcy cases can now be completed without the debtor ever leaving home.

When a debtor’s assets appreciate after filing a chapter 13 petition, historically that appreciation has inured to the debtor and not to the estate [1]. That norm is gradually evaporating, as courts are beginning to hold that post-petition appreciation belongs to creditors [2]. The ambiguity in chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code is responsible for shifting appreciation from debtors to creditors.

Consumer Bankruptcy | September 2023

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