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April 23, 2025

A homeowners’ association is not a single asset real estate debtor because the HOA’s income doesn’t come from the common areas but from assessments paid by unit owners.

March 14, 2025

On a question where the courts are split, Bankruptcy Judge Pamela McAfee sides with the majority and holds that a chapter 13 debtor can’t sell co-owned property.

March 15, 2024

Alleging that a debtor realized an ‘impossibly high’ rate of return in a Ponzi scheme isn’t enough to state a claim of nondischargeability for ‘actual fraud.’

February 27, 2024

Two North Carolina Courts have held within two months that the Bankruptcy Clause doesn’t demand ‘financial distress’ to establish subject matter jurisdiction.

January 04, 2024

Bankruptcy Judge Whitley says that a no-opt-out plan for a solvent debtor might violate creditors’ due process and jury trial rights.

December 06, 2023

In the Fourth Circuit, creditors are compensated when there is a ‘substantial improvement’ in a chapter 13 debtor’s financial condition.

March 21, 2023

Subordinated lenders can’t take a ‘haircut,’ give a ‘tip’ to the trustee, sell a home and eradicate the debtor’s homestead exemption.

December 22, 2022

Writs of execution and supplemental proceedings, not turnover actions, are the methods for enforcing a money judgment, Bankruptcy Judge Warren says.

September 27, 2022

The automatic stay does not bar increasing authorized shares when the debtor is a minority shareholder.

August 03, 2022

If the government isn’t suing on a claim originally owing to the U.S., a trustee can’t use the six-year statute of limitations in the FDCPA.