Consumer Bankruptcy

Divorcing Couples Not Stuck with Exemptions Claimed at Filing

You need two homestead exemptions? Divorce is the answer.

Ability to Pay Debts Does Not Control on Section 707(a) Motions to Dismiss

Evading payment of a debt is a valid use of chapter 7, Florida judge rules.

Even Without Implied Repeal, Filing a Stale Claim Does Not Violate the FDCPA

Louisiana bankruptcy judge splits with Eleventh Circuit’s Crawford decision.

Faculty Biographies (Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop 2016)

Fashionable Trends in Consumer Fraud

Seventh Circuit Broadly Protects Exemption for Annuities in Wisconsin

Annuity purchased 18 months before bankruptcy is exempt in Wisconsin.

Ninth Circuit B.A.P. Classifies a Loan for Living Expenses as a Business Debt

Personal loan with a profit objective becomes a business debt.

Rooker-Feldman Is No Bar to Overruling a State Court on the Automatic Stay

Despite concurrent jurisdiction, courts are split on Rooker-Feldman and the stay.

Dallas Judge Snubs Sam Wyly’s Attempt to Shelter His Home and Annuities

Sometimes, an annuity is not an annuity, regardless of what the documents say.