consumer Cases
October 15, 2018
Section 1322(c) allows a debtor to cure a mortgage default so long as the foreclosure deed was not recorded before bankruptcy.
October 12, 2018
10th Circuit , Colorado ,
Courts are split on whether all educational loans are nondischargeable as an educational benefit.
October 11, 2018
Why must the system require a trial to discharge student loans by a debtor in hopeless circumstances?
October 10, 2018
A creditor was allowed to keep a voluntary, post-petition payment on a pre-petition debt that the debtor made with non-estate property.
October 4, 2018
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
Remedies available to a bankruptcy judge are limited when granting a partial discharge of student loans.
October 3, 2018
A claim must be disallowed on the validity of the debt before the associated lien can be voided under Section 506(d), the Ninth Circuit BAP holds.
October 2, 2018
Law firm suspended 90 days for multiple violations of rules of professional conduct.
September 24, 2018
Courts split on allowing compensation to a chapter 7 trustee when the case is converted to chapter 13 before distributions were made.
September 21, 2018
Judge Barnes won’t allow a chapter 13 debtor’s counsel to be paid at the expense of secured creditors.
September 20, 2018
‘Value’ doesn’t mean ‘present value’ in Section 1325(b)(1)(A), Judge Lorch says.