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Just because a creditor doesn’t cash a distribution check doesn’t mean it’s abandoned and reverts to the debtor.

Ninth Circuit BAP doesn’t require a formal motion to dismiss with prejudice when a debtor files a voluntary motion to dismiss as of right under Section 1307(b).

Deducting a loan to a child from her inheritance wasn’t a violation of the discharge injunction.

Judge Christopher Klein parses the burdens of proof on conversion, dismissal and right to a discharge for an individual in chapter 11.

The Supreme Court declined to decide whether the automatic stay terminates automatically after a repeat filing as to all property or only property of the debtor.

Judge Klein’s opinion reads like an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant ‘cert’ and resolve a circuit split by taking sides with the majority on Section 362(c)(3)(A).

Almost $35,000 in actual and punitive damages was imposed on a judgment creditor and its collection law firm for failing to vacate a garnishment following notice of bankruptcy and discharge.

Even though the debtor defaulted, Judge Christopher Klein held a trial and ruled that the lender had not relied on a false loan application.

A debt that’s been paid in full under state law is discharged even if the debtor never receives a discharge, Judge Klein says.

Objection is not required to bar a discharge to an individual who received a chapter 7 discharge within eight years.