Rochellel's Daily Wire

October 19, 2021

Bad Faith Permits Dismissal of a Chapter 13 Case with Conditions, Judge Waites Says

Debtor accepted a bar to refiling to avoid dismissal with prejudice of her chapter 13 case.

4th Circuit, South Carolina

October 06, 2021

Over-the-Top Allegations of Stay Violation Bring $10,000 Sanction for Violating Rule 11

Counsel sanctioned $10,000 for making allegations about an intentional or malicious stay violation without having performed an investigation to justify the claims.

4th Circuit, South Carolina

August 11, 2021

NC Appellate Court Rules Plans Must Be Unambiguous to Hold a Creditor in Civil Contempt, Citing Taggart

After Taggart v. Lorenzen, plans, orders and injunctions must be highly specific to hold an offending creditor in contempt.

4th Circuit, North Carolina, North Carolina Eastern District

July 06, 2021

Maryland Decision Shows the Hardship Imposed on Debtors by Student Loans

Judge Harner does the best she can to ease the burden imposed on a debtor by student loans.

4th Circuit, Maryland

June 10, 2021

Unlike IRAs, Debtors Keep Inherited 401(k)s Because They Aren’t Estate Property

Exemptions never come into play with inherited 401(k)s because they aren’t estate property in the first place, Judge Hodges explains.

4th Circuit, North Carolina, North Carolina Western District

June 04, 2021

Arbitration Clause Results in Temporary Stay of ‘Core’ Proceedings in Bankruptcy Court

Decision by Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner demonstrates the flaw in the Fourth Circuit’s rule requiring parallel proceedings in bankruptcy court and in arbitration when disputes are both core and non-core.

4th Circuit, Maryland

June 01, 2021

Debt from a Defunct Business Can Help to Qualify for Subchapter V

Part-time self-employment, coupled with debt from a defunct business, qualified the debtor for reorganization under Subchapter V of chapter 11.

4th Circuit, North Carolina, North Carolina Middle District

May 25, 2021

Chapter 13 Debtor May (Sometimes) Contribute to Retirement Plans

A chapter 13 debtor was permitted to make a fraction of the pension contributions permitted by the IRS Code.

4th Circuit, South Carolina

May 19, 2021

West Virginia Judge Allows Conversion to Subchapter V After Deadlines Passed

When drafting a statute, Congress cannot ‘think of every single esoteric possibility,’ Judge Mignault says.

4th Circuit, West Virginia, West Virginia Southern District

May 03, 2021

Another Circuit Upholds the 2018 Increase in U.S. Trustee Fees

Dissenters in the Fourth and Fifth Circuits evidently believe that the dual U.S. Trustee/Bankruptcy Administrator system is unconstitutional.

4th Circuit