The elaborate definition of ‘estate property’ in Section 541(a) may have superseded the 1966 ‘sufficiently rooted’ analysis in Segal.
Two judges in Georgia say that personal property is not exempt even if the purchase was traceable to Social Security benefits.
Georgia judge focuses on ‘good faith’ to decide whether a chapter 13 debtor should lose a discharge after missing direct mortgage payments.
A creditor was allowed to keep a voluntary, post-petition payment on a pre-petition debt that the debtor made with non-estate property.
Court says circuit opinions on PBGC claims before Supreme Court’s Raleigh opinion are no longer good law.
Try garnishment, not contempt, to collect support from a chapter 13 debtor.
Georgia district judge confronts creditors who file claims based on stale debts.
