consumer Cases
February 29, 2024
9th Circuit , Arizona ,
Although a ‘mobile home’ in Arizona is exempt, a ‘motor home’ is not exempt because it has a motor.
February 21, 2024
Any day now, the Second Circuit could create a split of circuits importuning the Supreme Court to decide whether chapter 13 trustees are paid fees even if no plan is confirmed.
February 9, 2024
9th Circuit , Idaho ,
Absent a provision in the plan to the contrary, creditors aren’t given estate assets recovered after the final plan payment.
February 6, 2024
A debtor has one bite at the apple to enforce discharge. Take your pick: state or federal court, but not both.
February 2, 2024
A division of marital property on consent to someone other than a spouse might be a fraudulent transfer.
February 1, 2024
A vulgarity directed at the debtor wasn’t a stay violation absent an act designed to collect a debt.
January 31, 2024
Bifurcated fee arrangements are cumbersome, temporary fixes for a problem that the Supreme Court created in Lamie.
January 30, 2024
When there has been a division of marital property, does a debtor only hold legal title to property given to the spouse?
January 26, 2024
Fourth Circuit holds that attorneys’ fees and interest in pursuit of nondischargeable debts are themselves nondischargeable.
January 23, 2024
Judge Beth Buchanan decided that the ‘totality of the circumstances’ test for ‘abuse’ doesn’t permit disregarding the exemption for Social Security benefits.