March 01, 2018

Failing to Turn Over Tax Returns Isn’t Fatal to a Chapter 7 Filing

Debtors aren’t required to turn over tax returns that don’t exist.

11th Circuit, Georgia, Georgia Northern District

December 21, 2017

Courts Split on Ability to Redeem a Tax Deed Under a Plan

Another court rules on automatic removal of property from the estate under state law.

11th Circuit, Georgia, Georgia Northern District

August 07, 2017

Fraudulent Transfer of Fully Encumbered Property Isn’t Fraudulent in Georgia

A transfer of fully encumbered property isn’t a ‘transfer’ under UFTA, Georgia judge holds.

11th Circuit, Georgia, Georgia Northern District

May 02, 2017

Judge Homer Drake Insulates Social Security Income from Chapter 13 Payment Calculation

One Georgia judge disagrees with another over a chapter 13 confirmation objection.

11th Circuit, Georgia, Georgia Northern District

April 13, 2017

Split Grows on Unanticipated Circumstances to Modify a Chapter 13 Plan

Georgia judge follows the majority by more liberally allowing a chapter 13 plan modification.

11th Circuit, Georgia, Georgia Northern District

February 28, 2017

Federal Judgment Rate Is Employed when Claims Are Paid in Full

Courts remain divided on what ‘legal rate’ means in Section 726(a)(5).

11th Circuit, Georgia, Georgia Northern District

January 24, 2017

Georgia Court Differs with Circuit Opinions on PBGC Claim Calculation

Court says circuit opinions on PBGC claims before Supreme Court’s Raleigh opinion are no longer good law.

11th Circuit, Georgia, Georgia Southern District

January 16, 2017

Judge Bonapfel Sides with Fifth Circuit on ‘Equivalent Value’ in Ponzi Schemes

Innocent suppliers to Ponzi schemes are given protection from fraudulent transfer claims.

11th Circuit, Georgia, Georgia Northern District

November 01, 2016

Chapter 13 Stretches Out the Time for Redeeming Pawned Property

Real estate foreclosure and pawn transactions aren’t the same, Georgia judge says.

11th Circuit, Georgia, Georgia Middle District

September 07, 2016

Chapter 13 Plan Ok’d with Balloon Payment for Secured Lender

Georgia judge parts with ‘overwhelming majority’ of decisions precluding balloon payments.

11th Circuit, Georgia, Georgia Middle District