Courts Split on Allowing Credit Counseling on the Same Day but After Filing
Judge follows statutory language that didn’t achieve the result Congress intended.
Fifth Circuit Denies Exemption to Nonfiling Spouse for Home Owned Fewer than 1,215 Days
Community property homestead rights are lost if only one spouse files bankruptcy.
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Courts Divided on Electric Service as ‘Goods’ Under Section 503(b)(9)
Judge relies on physics in ruling that electricity qualifies as ‘goods.’
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Benchnotes August 2016
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Most Courts Still Refusing to Discharge Taxes from Late-Filed Returns
Novel theory fails to persuade Boston judge to discharge taxes from late-filed returns.
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Chapter 13 Plan Ok’d with Balloon Payment for Secured Lender
Georgia judge parts with ‘overwhelming majority’ of decisions precluding balloon payments.
Chapter 13 Remains a Haven from Paying Support Even after BAPCPA Amendment
Try garnishment, not contempt, to collect support from a chapter 13 debtor.