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ABI Journal

1322

Objections to Priority Claims May Follow Confirmation of a Chapter 13 Plan

Confirming a chapter 13 plan on the assumption that a claim was entitled to priority didn’t bar the debtors from later objecting to the priority of the claim.

Issue and Claim Preclusion Didn’t Bar Challenging a Lien Previously Considered Valid

Newly applicable law permitted a chapter 13 debtor to cram down a lien that the debtor previously had considered to be valid.

Bankruptcy Code

Circuits Split on Allowing Debtors to Cure Chapter 13 Plan Defaults After Five Years

Tenth Circuit splits with the Third and Seventh Circuits on allowing a debtor to cure defaults after a five-year plan has ended.