The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld lower court rulings that no portion of Jose Garcia-Morales’ $1,455 federal income tax refund, which was based on a refundable child tax...
The expiration of the 30-day limitations period to object to a debtor's declaration of exemptions in a Chapter 13 is not binding if the case is later converted to a Chapter 7. Bankruptcy Code §...
Unpublished Opinion - Case No. 16-20241 (5th Cir. Aug. 17, 2016)
Ruling:
AFFIRMED lower courts' orders and upheld the debtor's homestead exemption, even though the debtor clearly intended to sell the property and move back to Australia. "The fact that a party desires...
Summarized by Laura Bartell , Wayne State University Law School
10 years 7 months ago
Citation:
No. 14-2149 (6th Cir. July 2, 2015)
Ruling:
Affirming the district court, the Court of Appeals held that the Supreme Court's decision in Law v. Siegel, 134 S.Ct. 1188 (2014) limits the bankruptcy court's power to disallow claimed exemptions...
