December 2012

Disposable income test in § 1325(b) is satisfied by debtors with CMI greater than applicable median family income when plan...

By Jill Michaux, Kansas Bankruptcy Attorney Changes to four official bankruptcy forms went into effect December 1, 2012. Form B7 –...

When debtor did not reveal inheritance after confirmation or subsequent transfer of inheritance to sister, on trustee’s motion to compel...

On petition for rehearing, mandamus not appropriate because there was no jurisdiction to support the government’s declaratory action against the...

Postpetition income taxes on sale of farm property by Chapter 12 debtor are not “incurred by the estate,” are not...

(Reprinted with permission from the ABI Journal, Vol. XXXI, No. 10, November 2012.) By Henry E. Hildebrand III, Office of...

By John Gustafson, The Ghost of an I minus J Past After a late December evening filled with too much...

Attorney violated Bankruptcy Rule 9011 by scheduling mortgage arrearage as zero when attorney represented debtor in prior Chapter 7 case...

Although Code and Rules did not provide for extending claims bar date, when date fell in gap between dismissal and...

Creditor and its attorney did not illegally share fees in violation of § 504(a) or Rule 2016 when law firm...