January 2009

  Robert Goering, Sr., a bankruptcy attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio, who maintains an active bankruptcy practice representing debtors and creditors...

In re Harrison, 394 B.R. 879 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2008)A Chapter 13 plan proposed by a debtor not eligible for...

Espinosa v. United Student Aid Funds, 2008 WL 4426634 (9th Cir. October 2, 2008)Confirmation order is binding even where confirmed...

Hamm v. Shinn (In re Hamm), 2007 WL 5582058 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. December 19, 2007)The existence of any grounds, other...

Graupner v. Nuvell Credit Corporation, 537 F.3d 1295 (11th Cir. 2008)“Negative equity” is part of the “purchase price” of a...

Pearson v. Stewart (In re Pearson), 390 B.R. 706 (10th Cir. B.A.P. 2008)An order confirming a debtors’ Chapter 13 plan,...

In re Raulerson, 395 B.R. 157 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2008)Even though “projected disposable income” is based upon the debtor’s actual...

In re Vining, 2008 WL 2073966 (Bankr. N.D. N.Y. May 14, 2008)The disposable income test mandates distributions of a minimum...

In re Serda, 395 B.R. 450 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 2008)To determine the appropriate value of a Chapter 13 debtor’s residence,...

AmeriQuest Mortgage Company v. Nosek (In re Nosek), 2008 WL 4445707 (1st Cir. October 3, 2008)Section 105 cannot be utilized...