GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog

Health Savings Account Not Exempt, Says Middle District Judge Walker

03/01/14

In In re Mooney, Ch. 7 Case No. 13-10835, 503 B.R. 916, 2014 Bankr. LEXIS 29 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. January 3, 2014), the issue before the Court was whether a health savings account (“HSA”) is exempt.

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Chapter 13 Plan Binds Chapter 13 Trustee, Says Eleventh Circuit

09/29/13

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.

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Chapter 13 Plan Binds Chapter 13 Trustee, Says Eleventh Circuit

09/29/13

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.

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ND Ga – Equitable Tolling Does Not Apply To One Year Limitation For Revocation Of Discharge

09/29/13

Last week I was at a final hearing on fee applications on behalf of a Chapter 7 Trustee, in a case in which the debtor had failed to disclose a pre-petition personal injury case  pending in another state.  The defendants in that case ultimately founds out about the Bankruptcy case about a year after it was closed and the debtor received her discharge.  They contacted the Trustee and the case was reopened more than a year after debtor’s discharge to administer the asset (the proceeds of the personal injury case settled by the Trustee).  The Judge questioned why we had not pursued revoc

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