When Things Don’t Go According to the Plan

The ACP: Applicable or Immutable?
By Mark C. Leffler1
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As the saying goes, the one constant is change. Certainly, that is true in a Chapter 13 practice. An integral, everyday part of life for debtors’ attorneys and trustees alike is plan modification by debtors whose financial circumstances have changed. In re Runnels, 530 B.R. 626 (Bankr.W.D.N.C. 2015), presents a fairly normal circumstance . . .

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