ATexasBankruptcyLawyersBlog

This has not been a good year for Texas homesteads involved in bankruptcy proceedings.    In April, the Fifth Circuit ruled (after nearly two years under advisement) that the non-filing spouse does not have a separate homestead estate entitled to protection when the other spouse files bankruptcy, or, as happened in this case, has an involuntary petition brought against him.    Kim v. Dome Entertainment, Inc. (In re Kim), No. 10-10882 (5th Cir.

Many cases deal with debtors who fraudulently convey away their assets before filing bankruptcy.   But what about the situation where the debtor is the victim of a fraudulent conveyance rather than the perpetrator?    In Galaz v. Galaz (In re Galaz), No. 13-50781 (5th Cir.

The Weil Bankruptcy Blog has a good posting on Goldsby v. 804 Congress, LLC, No. 12-50382 (5th Cir. 6/23/14).    In short, this was a case where the Court lifted the automatic stay and a third party bid in more than the amount of the debt.  The bank and the substitute trustee argued that they should be allowed to distribute the funds as provided by the deed of trust, while the Debtor contended that the Bankruptcy Court had authority over the funds.

When the Supreme Court struck down the Bankruptcy Reform Act's grant of authority to bankruptcy judges in 1982, it took it took them 29 years to return to the issue.    This allowed bankruptcy law to develop and mature without constantly fretting about whether the whole system would collapse.   However, since Stern v. Marshall, 131 S.Ct.