The Ninth Circuit held that an individual Chapter 7 debtor can assume an automobile lease under Section 365(p) without reaffirming the debt, and further held that the lease assumption is binding on...
Judge(s):
Jacqueline H. Nguyen and Eric D. Miller, Circuit Judges, and Eric N. Vitaliano,* District Judge.
Upon conversion to chapter 7, the homestead exemption claimed on the original chapter 13 case, maintains the status it held on the day of the filing of the bankruptcy petition.
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the Bankruptcy Court's ruling that Debtor's former spouse's attorneys' fees incurred in the pre-petition family law litigation were non-dischargeable as a...
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...
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (D. Haw.) approving chapter 7 trustee's motion to approve settlement over objection of debtor. Bankruptcy court did not abuse discretion in...
The Supreme Court's opinion in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico v. Acevedo Feliciano, 140 S. Ct. 696 (2020), does not prohibit a bankruptcy court from fashioning nunc pro tunc...
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (WD Wash) dismissing chapter 13 case for cause under 11 USC 1307(c), including delay prejudicial to creditors. Debtor's failure to make...
Adopting the majority position interpretation of 11 U.S.C. § 544(c), failing to include to include an asset on a debtor's schedules precludes an abandonment of such asset if it is not administered...
