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Eighth Circuit Has No Per Se Rule Disallowing Exemptions for IRAs in Divorce

Eighth Circuit may have rejected blanket disallowance of exemptions for retirement accounts transferred in divorce.

Courts Deeply Split on Social Security Benefits in the Chapter 13 ‘Abuse’ Test

Michigan judges disagree about the court’s ability to consider Social Security benefits in deciding whether a chapter plan was proposed in good faith.

Consumer Bankruptcy Concerns, Both Present and Developing

Consumer Workshop II: Family First: Bankruptcy and Family Law

Treasury Offset Program Can’t Be Used After Bankruptcy, District Judge Says

Now on the district court bench, then-Bankruptcy Judge Frank Volk was upheld in a tricky case involving the government’s right of setoff.

Even a $3 Million Claim for Severance Is Exempt in Illinois as Wages, Easterbrook Says

Pleas to injustice and unfairness failed to persuade the Seventh Circuit to depart from a state law exemption for wages.

An Inherited IRA Can Be Exempt Under State Law When It’s Not in Section 522(b)(3)(C)

A divided Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that an inherited IRA, not exempt under federal law, is exempt under state law.

Judges’ Round-and-Round (2019 Winter Leadership Conference)

Consumer Attorney Fees: Everything You Always Wanted to Know — The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ethics)

Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Ethics Challenges of Bankruptcy Attorneys Who Represent Debtors in Chapter 13 Cases