consumer Cases
February 2, 2024
A division of marital property on consent to someone other than a spouse might be a fraudulent transfer.
February 1, 2024
A vulgarity directed at the debtor wasn’t a stay violation absent an act designed to collect a debt.
January 31, 2024
Bifurcated fee arrangements are cumbersome, temporary fixes for a problem that the Supreme Court created in Lamie.
January 30, 2024
When there has been a division of marital property, does a debtor only hold legal title to property given to the spouse?
January 26, 2024
Fourth Circuit holds that attorneys’ fees and interest in pursuit of nondischargeable debts are themselves nondischargeable.
January 23, 2024
Judge Beth Buchanan decided that the ‘totality of the circumstances’ test for ‘abuse’ doesn’t permit disregarding the exemption for Social Security benefits.
January 22, 2024
A California exemption law protecting victims of spousal abuse doesn’t apply to those who aren’t married.
January 19, 2024
District court rules that proceeds from a postpetition personal injury claim are ‘additional disposable income’ that ordinarily goes to creditors in a chapter 13 plan.
January 18, 2024
Taggart doesn’t give more protection to a purchaser of debt than it does to the original creditor, Judge Scott Grossman says.
January 5, 2024
The Sixth Circuit holds that a debtor cannot recover attorneys’ fees from the U.S. Trustee under the EAJA in a contested matter, but leaves open the possibility of liability for counsel fees in a losing adversary proceeding.