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Absent a provision in the plan to the contrary, creditors aren’t given estate assets recovered after the final plan payment.

The business debt necessary to qualify for Subchapter V need not to have arisen from the debtor’s business at the time of filing, Bankruptcy Judge Meier says.

Because a limited partner’s obligations were only ‘options,’ the partnership agreement was not an executory contract, Chief Judge Meier says.

Should the cost of employer-provided health care insurance be considered income for lower-income Americans?

Where the courts are split, Idaho judge sides with the Tenth Circuit BAP and allows a chapter 13 debtor to retain post-petition appreciation in the value of a homestead following conversion to chapter 7.

Section 326(b) could have been (incorrectly) read to mean that non-standing subchapter V trustees are not entitled to compensation.

Trustees in chapter 12 fare better than chapter 13 trustees if a case is dismissed before confirmation.

Idaho judge seems to disagree with the Second Circuit’s ruling that a chapter 12 debtor can surrender less than all of the collateral to confirm a plan.

To avoid having a discharge revoked, a debtor must either comply with the order or obtain a stay pending appeal.

Neither oral statements nor emails are sanctionable under Rule 9011, Judge Pappas says.