A Minneosta property tax refund was not "government assistance based on need" and could not be claimed under a Minnesota exemption protecting such assistance.
Finding no basis for reverse veil-piercing or substantive consolidation with a non-debtor entity, the Sixth Circuit BAP affirmed the decision of the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of...
Debtors [Individuals filing under Chapter 7 for relief with respect to the "Means Testing" pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 707(b) ] are entitled to the full National and Local Standard amount for a...
The co-debtor stay shields a non-debtor only if the debtor is liable on a consumer debt along with the non-debtor and a consumer debt does not include a debt for which the debtor is not...
This is a follow up opinion in response to the Appellees request for a rehearing. It reiterates the prior holding and also rules that estoppel and waiver do not apply here.
Held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in affirming the bankruptcy court’s denial of the motion to extend time.
the Second Circuit affirmed the rulings of the bankruptcy and district courts, dismissing a case filed by a chapter 7 trustee seeking to avoid as a preference the lien of a...
Tenancy by the entirety property transferred to a trust is exempt, pursuant to 522(b)(3)(B), because, applicable state law, the Illinois Joint Tenancy Act, provides that such property is...
Concluding that the debtor's attorney had not previously perfected a lien on two vehicles pledged by the debtor prior to bankruptcy as collateral for the repayment of unpaid legal fees, the...
