Congress Must Decide: May Chapter 13 Debtors Contribute to 401(k) Plans?
Courts are split on whether chapter 13 effectively prohibits debtors from making voluntary contributions to 401(k) plans.
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In ‘Chapter 20,’ Discharged Mortgage Claim Resurrects as Unsecured, EDNY Judge Says
Judge Grossman didn’t abolish ‘chapter 20’ entirely. He required the debtor to treat the subordinate mortgage lender like all other unsecured creditors, even though the debtor’s personal liability to the lender had been discharged in the prior chapter 7 case.
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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.