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The Neglected Non-dischargeability Provision

Cathy Moran

December 7, 2025

CATHY’S BACK!! CATHY’S BACK!!!!! After a brief absence, we are pleased as punch to have Cathy Moran back in our author rotation. Welcome back, Cathy. You have been missed. Hands up, everyone who has encountered a claim that a debt is non-dischargeable by reason of §523(a)(14). So, what’s this about credit cards and taxes?

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Beyond Professional Ethics

July 25, 2021

By Merideth Akers, CPA, PHR, Comptroller forBradford W. Caraway (Birmingham, AL) I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Professional in Human Resources (PHR). I suspect that many who read this article are Licensed Attorneys. Others may hold a certification from other professions. These entities have their own rules of professional ethics and conduct that govern what we are...

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Wrong Address, Real Consequences

Henry E. Hildebrand, III

June 29, 2025

Providing notice to a creditor at an address listed on a credit report did not prevent the bankruptcy court from an annulment of the automatic stay resulting in validation of post-petition foreclosure of debtor’s home.

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Student Loans in Existing Chapter 13’s

Josh Cohen, Scott Waterman

October 1, 2023

In conjunction with The Academy’s recent webinar on Student Loans, Scott and Josh offer a follow-up check list – a MUST READ! “With all the new student loan servicing changes, what should debtor attorneys be doing as to pending chapter 13 cases where their clients owe federal student loans? Here’s the short list:”

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Bad to the Bone Calls for Retro Vibes. Can You Dig It?

Molly Simons

November 3, 2024

Attorney Michael McCormick took the win when Judge Cavender of the Northern District of Georgia held nothing back in an October 2024 reported decision. The Judge made his feelings well known as he assessed and described the history of this Mortgage Claim/Lender and this abusive Debtor’s past and ongoing behaviors.

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Senior Headaches Caused by Junior Liens: Lien Stripping Under § 522(f)

Arya Omshehe

August 10, 2025

BAPCPA introduced a new mathematical calculation to § 522(f) for use in determining the avoidance of judicial liens. When does this make a difference?

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I Win. I Win. Trustee Holds Record for Having the Oldest Open Chapter 13 Case

April 7, 2019

By Helen M. Morris, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia It really takes so little to make a Chapter 13 Trustee happy—debtor’s counsel using calculators when they draft a plan ($100 for 36 months is NOT $4,936.87 no matter how many times it is repeated); saying “the Trustee is right” distinctly in open...

Over-Insured Over-Ruled

Henry E. Hildebrand, III

March 23, 2025

In order to recover reimbursements for costs advanced, a mortgage servicer must demonstrate that the costs are necessary, reasonable, and required by the mortgage.

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Critical Case Comment

March 28, 2021

By Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee (Nashville, TN) Section 1328(i) requires the court to consider the discharge provisions of §§ 1328(a) through (h) and the fact that incomplete personal residence mortgage payments or a forbearance do not preclude but do not compel a COVID-19 Discharge. (Tighe) In re Ritter, 2021 WL 864092 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. March 5,...

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Objections to Exemptions—An Exception From 30-day Rule?

The Honorable William Houston Brown

November 24, 2024

The Ninth Circuit's recently carved out a narrow exception to the 30-day objection deadline for exemptions under Rule 4003(b)(1).

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