Plan Confirmation

Split 9th Circuit BAP Exempts Adoption Payments from Disposable Income in Chapter 13

9th Circuit BAP opinion broadly puts welfare payments beyond reach of chapter 13 creditors.

Court :

9th Circuit

July

2025

Article Tags

Corporate Governance

Court Administration

Creditors' Committee

Plan Confirmation

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July

2025

Article Tags

Florida Judge Reads Eleventh Circuit Conservatively on Third-Party Releases

Plan insulating business owners flunks the test for third-party releases.

Court :

11th Circuit

Florida

Florida Middle District

Fifth Circuit Sticks by ‘Specificity’ Test for Third-Party Releases

Generic language won’t release third parties in the Fifth Circuit.

Court :

5th Circuit

July

2025

Article Tags

Claims

Bankruptcy Litigation

Practice and Procedure

Mass Torts

Municipal Bankruptcy

Judge Properly Attached Strings to a Full-Payment Chapter 13 Plan

Equity powers enable a judge to put the screws to a chapter 13 debtor.

Court :

5th Circuit

Texas

Texas Western District

Discrimination in Favor of Student Loans Makes Plan Fatally Defective

Bad policy choice in chapter 13 is an issue for Congress, not the courts, judge says.

Court :

10th Circuit

Kansas

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