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Critical Case Comment – In re Castleberry, 2010 WL 4023393 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. September 29, 2010) (Walker)

In re Castleberry, 2010 WL 4023393 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. September 29, 2010) (Walker)(ConsiderChapter13.org publication date 11/22/10)

Failure of a creditor to timely object to the debtor’s Chapter 13 plan constitutes acceptance of its treatment which crammed down a potential “910 car.”

Summary of the Case

The debtors’ Chapter 13 plan proposed to pay Ford Motor Credit the value of its collateral and pay nothing to the unsecured portion of its claim . . .

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