Circuits Split on Allowing Debtors to Cure Chapter 13 Plan Defaults After Five Years
Tenth Circuit splits with the Third and Seventh Circuits on allowing a debtor to cure defaults after a five-year plan has ended.
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Chapter 13 Debtors Keep Windfalls with No Connection to Assets on the Filing Date
Taking sides with the minority on a split, bankruptcy judges in Kansas allow chapter 13 debtors to retain windfalls acquired after filing.
Circuit Split on U.S. Trustee Fees Likely Won’t Reach the Supreme Court Until Fall 2022
Judge Hoffman sets up Sixth Circuit to opine on the circuit split regarding the constitutionality of the 2018 increase in fees for the U.S. Trustee system.
Amended Chapter 13 Plan Allowed to Cure Post-Petition Mortgage Defaults
Courts are split on whether a debtor may amend a chapter 13 plan to cure post-petition defaults on a principal residence.
Judge Sontchi Cuts Off U.S. Trustee Fees on Confirmation of a Chapter 11 Plan
Closing a chapter 11 case after confirmation to avoid U.S. Trustee fees won’t be necessary if the ruling by Judge Sontchi holds up.