Like physics, bankruptcy searches for a unified theory to explain claims by and against the estate.

On an issue dividing the courts, the Seventh Circuit rules that an obligation to repay a domestic support obligation is a dischargeable debt, not a nondischargeable DSO.

Circuit Judge Grant explains why an IRA might be exempt under federal law but not exempt under the Florida exemption statute.

The BAP avoided making a rule that would have allowed convicted felons to discharge student loans more easily than debtors with clean records.

Judge Olson refers a lawyer for civil and criminal investigations after uncovering dozens of unauthorized filings.

Disagreeing with the Tenth and D.C. Circuits and siding with four other circuits, the Seventh Circuit rules that passively holding estate property violates the automatic stay.

Overruling its own precedent, the Seventh Circuit dismissed an appeal when the appellant had not filed a motion in the appeals court for permission to undertake a direct appeal, even though the bankruptcy court had certified the question to the circuit.

Idaho’s Judge Myers rules that an order directing specific performance is not a transfer and cannot be a preference.

First Amendment doesn’t compel deduction of religious contributions in finding an ‘undue hardship’ justifying the discharge of student loans.

A chapter 13 plan that improperly modifies a home mortgage remains binding unless the lender has objected to confirmation.