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Expense Reimbursements Are Included in Calculating Current Monthly Income

Income is included in calculating CMI, even if it’s not ‘stable and regular.’

1st Circuit
Massachusetts

Filing Date Controls Whether Residential Mortgages Can Be Modified

Courts are split on two issues regarding the antimodification provisions in Sections 1123(b)(5) and 1322(b)(2).

1st Circuit
Massachusetts

Boston Judge Allows Conversion to Chapter 13 Just to Prevent the Sale of a Home

Converting to chapter 13 to prevent the sale of a home in chapter 7 is not bad faith.

1st Circuit
Massachusetts

‘Related To’ Jurisdiction Exists over Lien Dispute Between a Creditor and Its Lawyers

Delaying confirmation wasn’t grounds to abstain.

1st Circuit
Massachusetts

Massachusetts Judge Limits Chapter 13 Debtor’s Standing to Sue

Chapter 11 committees achieve standing more readily than chapter 13 debtors.

1st Circuit
Massachusetts

‘Bar Order’ Precluding Creditors’ Independent Claims Disapproved in Chapter 7 Settlement

Massachusetts judge explores the circuit split on barring creditors’ direct claims against non-bankrupt third parties.

1st Circuit
Massachusetts

For Chapter 13 Lien Stripping, Use the Filing Date for Valuation

Caulkett did not bar chapter 13 lien stripping, Massachusetts judge holds.

1st Circuit
Massachusetts

Banks Admonished to File Foreclosure Deeds Promptly, or Else

Requiring prompt filing of a foreclosure deed is not absurd, Massachusetts judge says.

1st Circuit
Massachusetts

Massachusetts District Judge Nixes Notion of Forced Vesting in Chapter 13

District judge hopes novel theories of equity will permit forced vesting.

1st Circuit
Massachusetts

Releases Don’t Bind a Trustee Suing on a Creditor’s Claim under Section 544(b)

Trustee evaded a release by suing on an actual creditor’s claim under Section 544(b).

1st Circuit
Massachusetts
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