May 30, 2025
When a home mortgage matures during the term of a chapter 13 plan, the debtor may bifurcate and cram down the secured claim, the Ninth Circuit holds.
9th Circuit
February 24, 2025
Bankruptcy Judge Laura Grandy (politely) faulted other federal courts for failing to follow the Illinois mortgage statute and decisions by the Illinois Supreme Court.
7th Circuit, Illinois, Illinois Southern District
February 03, 2025
The Fifth Circuit undertook a legal analysis of a complex loan agreement to decide there was no ‘fair ground of doubt’ under Taggart that the lender was violating the discharge injunction.
5th Circuit
January 29, 2025
Because a right of redemption does not give rise to a claim, Section 1322(b) doesn’t enable a debtor to redeem foreclosed property when the right of redemption has expired.
9th Circuit
January 23, 2025
Long Island’s Judge Grossman warns lawyers that they may be paid nothing if they file chapter 11 cases just to delay a secured creditor, with no legitimate strategy for selling the property, refinancing or confirming a plan.
4th Circuit
January 06, 2025
A deficiency judgment resulting from mortgage foreclosure is not ‘a judgment arising out of a mortgage foreclosure’ and can be avoided as a judgment lien.
2nd Circuit, Connecticut
November 14, 2024
Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner decided that a mortgage servicer must allow a chapter 13 debtor’s continued use of an online payment platform.
4th Circuit, Maryland
