By Lawrence R. Ahern, III, Brown & Ahern (Nashville, TN) Introduction This series focuses on four bankruptcy-related bills that were enacted during the 116th Congress and signed into law on August 23, 2019.1 One bill, the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA),2 appears in its entirety in Appendix B to this series and was summarized in
From the Editor – Discharge
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By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired)
Marital relationship did not constitute express or technical trust for purposes of § 523(a)(4). Under Washington common law, the marital relationship does not constitute the required trust for purposes of § 523(a)(4); therefore, the Chapter 13 debtor did not commit defalcation of a fiduciary duty as to management of community property during the marriage. Mele v. Mele (In re Mele), 501 B.R. 357 (BAP 9th Cir. 2013).
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The Honorable William Houston Brown retired in 2006 as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the . . .
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