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October 25, 2024

Small state exemptions mean that some low-income debtors can lose their homes in chapters 7 and 13 if there is equity.

April 16, 2024

Sitting en banc, three judges in St. Louis effectively barred bifurcated fee arrangements in the Eastern District of Missouri.

January 26, 2023

Courts are deeply split on a chapter 13 debtor’s ability to keep the appreciation in an exempt home, whether or not the case converts to chapter 7.

November 22, 2022

Joining the ‘slight minority,’ Judge Fenimore rules that post-petition appreciation in the value of a homestead goes to the chapter 7 estate when the chapter 13 case converts.

December 11, 2020

Debts acquired from running a business do not qualify someone for subchapter V of chapter 11 if the business has terminated and the assets are gone, according to Judge Cynthia Norton.

July 17, 2019

Caselaw on disallowance of default interest is “murky,” Chief Judge Norton says.

November 13, 2018

The government doesn’t violate the automatic stay by refusing to reinstate a driver’s license suspended for failure to pay traffic fines, Judge Surratt-States says.

September 06, 2017

The Code or rules must change to bar debt collectors from filing stale claims, Judge Dow says.

April 10, 2017

February 15, 2017