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Bullard did not undermine the automatic appealability of orders granting or denying homestead exemptions.

Courts are split on two issues regarding the antimodification provisions in Sections 1123(b)(5) and 1322(b)(2).

Another court rules that Sebelius isn’t controlling on the characterization of the individual mandate under the Bankruptcy Code.

Law v. Siegel allows exempting an asset that had not been scheduled.

The battle continues in Chicago over using chapter 13 to beat parking tickets.

Children were the initial transferees of tuition payments, thus giving schools the ‘good faith’ defense to fraudulent transfers.

Student loan debtor ineligible for chapter 7 may pursue chapter 13 even with too much unsecured debt, Judge Catherine J. Furay says.

Judicial estoppel requires ‘an effort to game the bankruptcy system.’

Milavetz invalid-purpose test isn’t applicable to incurring debt to pay a retainer.

A contrary result would have obviated the judicially recognized right to strip off underwater subordinate liens in chapter 13.