Critical Case Comment – In re Stokes, 2010 WL 3980232 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. October 8, 2010) (Cook)

In re Stokes, 2010 WL 3980232 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. October 8, 2010) (Cook)

Post-petition property taxes are administrative claims which must be paid in full when the plan provides that property does not vest in the debtor until discharge or closing.

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The Debtor filed a Chapter 13 case in May of 2006 and the plan provided that all administrative claims would be paid in full. The confirmation order also provided that . . .

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