North Carolina Middle District

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.

Debt from a Defunct Business Can Help to Qualify for Subchapter V

Part-time self-employment, coupled with debt from a defunct business, qualified the debtor for reorganization under Subchapter V of chapter 11.

The Mailbox Presumption Won’t Deem a Claim to Have Been Timely Filed

Courts are split on the extent to which an affidavit of timely mailing will suffice to prove that a claim was filed.

Judge Kahn Finds No Constitutional Infirmities in Applying the SBRA Retroactively

Because the SBRA’s foundation is chapter 11, the new statute may be applied constitutionally to rights or property interests arising before enactment.