Secured creditor was not in contempt of confirmation order and confirmed chapter 11 plan where the plan and order imposed no duty or requirement that the secured creditor could have violated. On a...
First, a motion for “reconsideration” under Fed. R. Civ. P. 59 or 60 does not toll the 14-day deadline for filing an appeal under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8002(b). Second, since the discharge in...
In this case lies a warning to all attorneys -- the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in denying the debtor's motion to extend the time for her to file an appeal. The debtor's...
The Court of Appeals affirms the bankruptcy court's determination to deny Debtor a chapter 7 discharge on grounds that she made material knowing, and fraudulent false oaths in the course of her...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit Affirmed the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine's judgment in part finding that the debtor's student loan obligations were...
In a sad tale of family discord and proof of the adage that "no good deed goes unpunished," the BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's judgment that the debtor's obligations to her daughter and...
Judge(s):
DEASY, CARY, FAGONE, United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges
AFFIRMED the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts holding that the state court judgment debt owed by the debtor, Mary L. Smith to Kathleen and Scott Whitcomb (the debtor's daughter...
