consumer Cases
June 5, 2023
A judge sitting in a proper venue may transfer venue to a district that was improper originally.
June 1, 2023
Eighth Circuit BAP ‘at a minimum’ requires substantial changes in financial condition for a debtor to modify a confirmed chapter 12 plan.
May 30, 2023
The high court’s ruling on the Takings Clause also seems to mean that real estate tax foreclosures can be avoided as constructively fraudulent transfers.
May 25, 2023
Chapter 13 scholar Keith Lundin believes that debtors retain inheritances acquired more than 180 days after filing.
May 19, 2023
Affirming the bankruptcy court, the district court found that bifurcated fees are excessive and that inadequate disclosures violated Sections 526 and 528.
May 18, 2023
Within the next year, four circuits will have ruled on a split where some lower courts pay chapter 13 trustees and others don’t when dismissal precedes confirmation.
May 10, 2023
An appeal from an interlocutory order can’t be made final by the district court’s entry of judgment on the first appeal.
May 9, 2023
An election for having a tax refund applied to the following year’s taxes can result in the loss of discharge.
May 8, 2023
Bankruptcy Judges Marvin Isgur and Gregory Taddonio disagree on whether the bankruptcy court has subject matter jurisdiction to grant ‘innocent spouse’ relief to a debtor.
May 5, 2023
The Seventh Circuit explained how preponderance of the evidence became the standard of proof for turnovers and dischargeability when the Bankruptcy Code replaced the Bankruptcy Act.