Ninth Circuit is the first court of appeals to expand a debtor’s appellate counsel fees beyond successfully defending an award for a willful stay violation.

Pre-bankruptcy planning was ‘creative’ but didn’t succeed in enlarging the debtor’s exemptions.

Local rules may not impose confirmation requirements beyond those contained in the statute.

Matrimonial lawyers need bankruptcy and tax advice when the client is insolvent.

New York judge allows insolvent parents to pay for a minor child’s expensive education.

In the first opinion at the circuit level, the First Circuit latches onto the lousy drafting of Section 362(c)(3)(A) to end the automatic stay entirely, 30 days after the second filing within a year.

By implication, the Eleventh Circuit would allow a general chapter 13 discharge to a debtor who defaults on direct mortgage payments, an issue where lower courts are split.

Tenth Circuit lays out the elements of denial of discharge for failure to obey an order.

Pet insurance and proceeds are exempt, even above the value of the pet.

Lying about herpes resulted in a nondischargeable debt for fraud and battery.