October 07, 2024
A post-confirmation lawsuit to generate funds to pay a chapter 13 plan establishes ‘related to’ jurisdiction for noncore claims.
3rd Circuit
October 04, 2024
In a split decision, the Ninth Circuit majority held that a chapter 13 debtor has the right to dismiss under Section 1307(b) before the bankruptcy court decides whether the filing was in good faith.
9th Circuit
September 10, 2024
A chapter 11 plan may not impair the rights of a mortgage lender against a co-owner who is not in bankruptcy.
1st Circuit, Massachusetts
September 09, 2024
Debtors paid a high price for their counsel’s inattention to their needs after plan confirmation.
9th Circuit
August 27, 2024
Reversing the BAP, the Ninth Circuit held that counsel’s oral waiver of sovereign immunity did not bind the state.
9th Circuit
August 26, 2024
Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner held that a wholly unsecured, subordinate lien may be stripped off in chapter 13 even if the lien arose before the debtor owned the property.
4th Circuit, Maryland
August 23, 2024
Revesting allowed chapter 13 debtors to retain property that was innocently undisclosed.
1st Circuit, Massachusetts
August 19, 2024
Local rules and local standard plans cannot force a chapter 13 debtor to disregard one of the options in Section 1327 and require revesting of estate assets on discharge.
4th Circuit
August 13, 2024
In practical effect, the Second Circuit’s opinion means that a chapter 7 debtor may never appeal denial of a motion to dismiss a petition.
2nd Circuit
