A deficiency judgment resulting from mortgage foreclosure is not ‘a judgment arising out of a mortgage foreclosure’ and can be avoided as a judgment lien.

Extending statutes of limitations does not affect ‘substantive’ rights, thus the Rules Enabling Act does not preclude a rule from allowing an extension, Judge Julie Manning says.

Even under an unfavorable choice of law, a debtor in Connecticut was allowed to enjoy the state’s new $250,000 homestead exemption, even though her debts had accrued before the increase went into effect.

District judge in Connecticut upheld an award of ‘default’ interest, even though the fully secured lender had opposed the chapter 11 process and resisted the use of its cash collateral.

Reversing the bankruptcy court, a district judge ruled that a company may file in chapter 7 even when there are no operations and no assets aside from insurance.

Circuits are split on the date of transfer resulting from a garnishment.

Pending adversary proceedings don’t preclude a finding that the chapter 11 case has been ‘fully administered,’ thus allowing entry of a final decree and cutting off further fees owing to the U.S. Trustee Program.

Claiming a firearm is owned for defense of the household raises the odds that the gun will be exempt as household goods.

Student’s entitlement to a refund determines whether a parent’s tuition payments are constructively fraudulent transfers.

Federal student loan proceeds were never the parents’ property and thus could not be recovered by a trustee.