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ABI Journal

Discharge/Dischargeability

Proven Fraud Won’t Always Cut Down the Amount of a Homestead Exemption, BAP Says

To limit the amount of a homestead exemption under Section 522(q)(1)(B)(ii), the fraud must have occurred after the debtor became a fiduciary.

A Promise Not to Enforce a Judgment Meant There Was No Discharge Violation

The inability to modify a Section 524(a) discharge put the Ninth Circuit BAP in a bind.

State Bar Disciplinary Proceedings Aren’t Barred by the Automatic Stay or Discharge

A BAP decision raises the question of whether Ninth Circuit authority has been implicitly overruled by Supreme Court decisions.

Bankruptcy Code

Equity Won’t Extend the Deadline for Filing a Dischargeability Complaint

The circuits are split on whether equity can extend the 60-day deadline for filing dischargeability complaints.