Consumer Bankruptcy

The Code Does Not Permit a Debtor to Modify an Allowed Secured Claim

Aug 2018

A Destitute Debtor Succeeds in Discharging Student Loans

Holding two advanced degrees didn’t bar the discharge of student loans.

Inside ABI July 2018

July 2018

“But Judge, the Dog Ate My Bank Statements While I Was Betting on the Ponies at the Track”: Towards Judicial Consistency in the Debtor’s Judicial Recordkeeping Requirements in the Unpredictable World of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Savings: The Missing Element in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Cases?

The Persistence of Bankruptcy Stigma

Benchnotes August 2018

Aug 2018

Courts Split on Paying Chapter 13 Debtor’s Counsel if Conversion Precedes Confirmation

Arizona judge declines to expand Harris v. Viegelahn to cases when conversion precedes confirmation.

Bankruptcy Court’s Contempt Power Includes Incarceration for More Than Three Years

Ninth Circuit gives short shrift to a man who continues defying an order to turn over $1.4 million of estate property.

A Fresh Start with Flexibility: Consumers Can Modify the Treatment of a Secured Claim in a Confirmed Plan to Surrender Collateral Under § 1329

Aug 2018