BAP for 10th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (WD Ok.), which entered judgment against chapter 7 debtor on avoidance claim and for denial of discharge. Totality of the circumstances...
The bankruptcy court properly considered both the debtors' personal expenses and offers in compromise when it ruled that the debtors knowingly violated their duty to pay their 2001 income tax...
Judge(s):
JORDAN and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges, and BEAVERSTOCK, District Judge
An educational loan is not an obligation to repay funds received as an educational benefit, for purposes of 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8)(A)(ii). Such an interpretation would render the the statute's use...
A bankruptcy court's local rule requiring that all chapter 13 debtors turn over income tax returns over $2,000 is invalid because it breaches below-median income debtors' substantive rights and...
On a direct appeal from the bankruptcy court, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the order confirming the modified plan chapter 13 plan without requiring a change in the debtor's circumstances, based on...
Judge(s):
Branch and Marcus, Circuit Judges, and Ungaro, District Judge.
A willful and malicious injury, for purposes of § 523(a)(6), requires proof that the injury was both willful and malicious. To be willful, the injury must result from a deliberate or intentional...
The Uniform Voidable Transfer Act does not require require a creditor to prove actual harm in order for the transfer to be voidable as an actually fraudulent transfer under California Civil Code §...
Chapter 13 debtors do not have an absolute right to dismiss their bankruptcy case. Rosson v. Fitzgerald (In re Rosson), 545 F.3d 764 (9th Cir. 2008), is binding authority that a debtor's right to...
Fifth Cir. affirmed in part, reversed in part, ruling bankruptcy court (MD La.) properly granted summary judgment on certain claims, but genuine issue of material fact precluded summary judgment on...
Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court's holding that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion when it decided to abstain from hearing an adversary proceeding brought by the Chapter 13...
