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The Exchange: Turning Over Tax Refunds After ACP Expiration to Obtain a Longer Plan Term

July 2024

Debtor May Amend a ‘13’ Plan to Modify the Treatment of a Secured Creditor’s Claim

Chicago Bankruptcy Judge David Cleary followed a decision by then-district Judge David Hamilton and “respectfully” disagreed with decisions by two predecessors on the same bankruptcy bench.

Benchnotes January 2024

Jan 2024

‘13’ Debtors May Bifurcate Mortgages that Mature Before the Final Plan Payment

The Ninth Circuit BAP says that a later valuation can make a debtor eligible for chapter 13 when the original schedules meant ineligibility.

Even Without Personal Liability, a Mortgage on a Debtor’s Property Is a ‘Claim’

The ‘broad’ definition of ‘claim’ by the Supreme Court in Johnson led Judge Huennekens to hold that in rem rights against a debtor’s property give rise to a ‘claim.’

Post-Petition Issues in Consumer Cases: Life Goes On

13 or V? Putting Your Debtor in the Right Case Anerio

Saving a Family Home, and the Ins and Outs of 3002.1

Hot Topics with Bill Rochelle

Bankruptcy Courts Have Statutory Power to Remove Voided Liens

Bankruptcy Rule 7070, incorporating Federal Rule 70 along with 28 U.S.C. § 1655, gives bankruptcy courts power to remove liens of record when the lenders don’t do so voluntarily.