Mortgage

Claiming ‘100% of FMV,' Debtors Keep Postpetition Appreciation in Exempt Assets

Ninth Circuit BAP interprets Taylor and Schwab to mean that a trustee cannot revisit the value of an exempt asset if the debtor claimed ‘100% of FMV’ and there was no timely objection.
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A Security Deposit Is an Unsecured Loan, Unless State Law or the Lease Says Otherwise

If a tenant’s security deposit was swept by the landlord’s secured creditor but was not held in trust, the tenant has no recourse other than to file an unsecured claim.

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