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.
New York’s Judge Philip Bentley and Prof. Robert Lawless urge Congress to adopt the ABI Commission’s recommendations for dealing with bad faith filings.
The district court affirmed the holding by Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn that a foreign branch of a U.S. bank isn’t eligible for chapter 15.
