Presented with a creditor (CR) seeking to avoid the discharge of debt allegedly caused by a nondebtor spouse's fraud, the BAP found that the CR's non-dischargeability complaint had been...
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; Christopher M. Klein; and Laura S. Taylor
A judgment entered by a California court against a debtor for fraud is entitled to preclusive effect, even if the debtor did not participate in the state-court trial, so long as there is an...
The BAP held that a standing trustee is entitled to collect the statutory fee under § 586(e) upon receipt of each payment under the Chapter 13 Plan and is not required to disgorge the fee if the...
Judge(s):
Honorable Lafferty, Spraker, and Gan, Bankruptcy Judges
A Chapter 13 debtor who does not make all plan payments within the five-year maximum plan period is not eligible for a discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 1328(a), even if the debtor makes the payments...
The BAP held that only if the Ninth Circuit reverses the Turnover Order would the Debtor's standing be established as the Debtor conceded the estate is insolvent.
The BAP also held the bankruptcy...
8th Circuit affirmed ruling of BAP that affirmed bankruptcy court (ED Mo.) order avoiding creditor's judicial lien as impairing debtor's homestead exemption. Debtor's home was destroyed in fire...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit found no error in the decision of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California (BC) to deny a discharge to Sean P. Nevett (SPN)...
Discerning no clear error in the post-trial factual findings of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP) affirmed its...
Judge(s):
Tom R. Cornish; Terrence L. Michael; and Sarah A. Hall
Echoing a similar ruling in a separate case, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed orders (1) overruling the objection by Carol Lee DePuydt-Meier (DR) to a proof...
Judge(s):
Gary A. Spraker; Robert J. Faris; and Julia W. Brand
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the bankruptcy court’s order granting the motion to dismiss the third amended complaint of Kimberly Franklin (DR) against U.S....
