A bankruptcy court's approval of a settlement will be upheld unless no reasonable person could agree with the decision to approve the settlement. Deference is given to the court that has overseen...
Affirming the judgments of the BAP and Bankruptcy Court, the Eighth Circuit held that where a debtor's required monthly student loan repayment under the Income Contingency Payment Program (ICRP)...
Judge(s):
Wollman, Murphy, and Colloton, Wollman for the majority, Colloton concurring.
Under Iowa's homestead law, a residence is not exempt as to a debt that preceded acquisition of the property, unless and only to the extent, it was acquired with with the proceeds of a previous...
Settlement proceeds debtors received from the builder of their home were not "Miscellaneous Proceeds," assigned under the terms of their mortgage. But if they were validly assigned, the failure to...
Issues and evidence not submitted to the bankruptcy court should only rarely be considered by a court at the appellate stage, and those circumstances did not apply where the appellant merely raised...
Affirmed. Bankruptcy court's order denying confirmation of amended chapter 13 plan cannot be reviewed where Appellant failed to provide an adequate record for appeal of the decision. Appellate...
