BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (D. Nev.) dismissing creditor's adversary against chapter 7 debtor based on creditor's failure to effect service of summons and complaint. ...
On the record before the Court, the Court was not left with a "firm and definite conviction" that the Bankruptcy Court erred in its denial of the homestead exemption.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the orders granting relief from the automatic stay and dismissing his case issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; Gary A. Spraker; and Scott H. Gan
An individual who files a chapter 11 case does not have an absolute right under § 1112(a) to convert her bankruptcy case to a chapter 7 proceeding. Section 1112(a) of the Bankruptcy Code is...
Affirming the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (BC), the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) saw no error in its inferring of the verboten intent in a...
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; William J. Lafferty III; and Robert J. Faris
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed bankruptcy court (CD Cal.) denial of defendant's motion to strike plaintiff's notice of dismissal of adversary. Debtor failed to demonstrate any error by bankruptcy...
The BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision to dismiss the Plaintiffs' complaint without leave to amend reasoning that the complaint failed to allege plausible facts to support any claim made...
A chapter 7 debtor retains her Washington state homestead exemption even if she moves out of the house after the filing of the bankruptcy case and does not re-occupy or file a declaration of...
Judge(s):
M. Margaret McKeown and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges, and William Horsley Orrick (N.D. Cal.; by designation)
The bankruptcy discharge injunction does not prevent a testator or settlor of a family trust from requiring that an amount equal to the discharged debt be treated as an advancement on an inheritance.
