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Plan Confirmation

IRS Standard Deduction for Housing Can Be Taken Without Mortgage or Rent Expense

Official Form 122C-2 could be read to deprive a chapter 13 debtor of the IRS standard housing deduction when the statute permits the deduction.

Business Valuation in Bankruptcy

This panel would provide an overview of valuation issues in bankruptcy cases. I would expect that the panelists (all non-attorneys, but maybe one judge) would discuss purposes, standards, and fair market valuation; plus, premises of value, going-concern value, liquidation value; and also market based, income, and asset based approaches to valuation. Business John Lucas jlucas@pszjlaw.com Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
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Thursday, December 7, 2023
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Debtor May Amend a ‘13’ Plan to Modify the Treatment of a Secured Creditor’s Claim

Chicago Bankruptcy Judge David Cleary followed a decision by then-district Judge David Hamilton and “respectfully” disagreed with decisions by two predecessors on the same bankruptcy bench.

Scheduling a Home with a Low Value Didn’t Protect a ‘13’ Debtor When It Was Sold

In the Fourth Circuit, creditors are compensated when there is a ‘substantial improvement’ in a chapter 13 debtor’s financial condition.

Sub V Plan with Nondebtor Release Approved over Opposition from the Affected Class

A decision from a New York bankruptcy court makes nondebtor releases easier to obtain in Subchapter V than in large, mass tort chapter 11 cases.

Thursday, November 30, 2023
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‘13’ Debtors May Bifurcate Mortgages that Mature Before the Final Plan Payment

The Ninth Circuit BAP says that a later valuation can make a debtor eligible for chapter 13 when the original schedules meant ineligibility.