News Topic: chapter 13

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Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Carroll v Logan .  This will have an impact for future chapter 13 cases in this circuit. ... Read full article

In the case of Hope v. Acorn Financial, Inc ., Case No. 12-10709, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 19661 (11th Cir. September 26, 2013) ( click here for .pdf of opinion ) the Court addressed whether 11 U.S.C. ... Read full article

You may want to consider buying a car prior to filing your Chapter 13 bankruptcy case. Filing bankruptcy isn’t a matter of going to your bankruptcy lawyer’s office, plunking your money down, and signing a few documents. It involves planning. ... Read full article

The debt ceilings for Chapter 13 bankruptcy filings are increasing effective April 1, 2013. The new limits are approximately $,150,000 for secured debts and approximately $383,000 of unsecured debts. ... Read full article

The City of New Orleans, where I practice as a consumer bankruptcy attorney, is home to all branches of the United States Armed Forces. ... Read full article

Sometimes academics who study a subject lose the forests for trees. In the process, they perpetuate stereotypes that have no basis in fact.   And sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. ... Read full article

Don’t click on the Girls Gone Wild (herienafter, GGW) link unless you are ready to view X rated material. Which, they supposedly get for free, so, why file bankruptcy? ... Read full article

Debtors living in homes with upside down mortgages can strip their second mortgages off their homestead in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy when their home is worth less than the first mortgage balance. What if the debtor does not have a second mortgage but owes ... Read full article

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The United States will go over the fiscal cliff tomorrow if Congress cannot come up with at least a short term solution. But what about us? Many of us have already gone over our fiscal cliff.  Even if Congress finds a way to avoid the country going over ... Read full article

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Keeping a tax refund after filing a Chapter 13 bankruptcy case is commonly done in Massachusetts, and should be allowed across the country. ... Read full article

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In re Henry Walker, 12-32098, SD TX  In this case, the Debtor had failed to disclose that he had settled a lawsuit before filing bankruptcy, and that he had repaid his grandmother $7000 from the settlement. The Chapter 13 Trustee David Peake found out ... Read full article

One of Benjamin Franklin’s most famous quotes is:  “Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” ... Read full article