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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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Unlike IRAs, Debtors Keep Inherited 401(k)s Because They Aren’t Estate Property

Exemptions never come into play with inherited 401(k)s because they aren’t estate property in the first place, Judge Hodges explains.