Consumer Bankruptcy

Taylor: Tenth Circuit Defines “Property” in § 522(f)(2)(A)(ii)

Nov 2018

Bankruptcy Code

522

Topic Tags

Practice and Procedure

Consumer Bankruptcy

Consumer Debt

Being Employed Isn’t Enough to Salvage an Individual’s Chapter 11 Discharge

Appeals court talks about discharging a debt when the issue is denial of discharge.

Court :

9th Circuit

Falling In and Out of the Exception: Courts’ Treatment of Mixed-Use Properties Under § 1322(b)(2)

Nov 2018

Bankruptcy Code

Subchapter II - The Plan

Topic Tags

Dischargeability of Condominium Assessments in Chapter 13 Cases

Bankruptcy Code

Topic Tags

Discharge/Dischargeability

Seeking Innovation to Address Low-Income Access to Bankruptcy

Nov 2018

Topic Tags

Consumer Bankruptcy

Exemption Claim Overrides the Government’s Right of Setoff, District Judge Says

Courts are divided when an exemption claim collides with the government’s right of setoff.

Court :

4th Circuit

Virginia

Virginia Eastern District

Requiring Conduit Mortgage Payments Is Ok Despite Costing the Debtor $5,300

Bankruptcy judge says a chapter 13 debtor receives ‘several benefits’ from paying 8% in commissions on mortgage payments through the trustee.

Court :

4th Circuit

North Carolina

North Carolina Eastern District

Using Appearance Counsel in Court: Risky Business?

Bankruptcy Code

Topic Tags

Major Automatic Stay Issue Inches Toward the Supreme Court

Chicago parking ticket cases to be resolved in the Seventh Circuit.

Court :

7th Circuit

Illinois

Illinois Northern District

Raising a Circuit Split, Ninth Circuit’s Taggart Opinion Heads for a ‘Cert’ Petition

BAP opinion shows that contempt is virtually impossible to prove in the Ninth Circuit following Taggart.

Court :

9th Circuit

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