July 2014

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Surcharge of exemption violated § 522(k). The Supreme Court held, in the unanimous...

By Johnie Patterson, Walker and Patterson, P.C., Houston, TX Mark Frost filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Property of his estate...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Sale of Texas homestead. Texas law requires that proceeds from the sale of...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Turnover to trustee not restricted to property of estate at time motion filed....

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Exception from normal judicial estoppel. The debtor was not barred from pursuing cause...

By Professor Nancy Rapoport Dear Readers: This month, let’s talk about fees. As some of you may know, I’ve served...

By Beverly M. Burden, Chapter 13 Trustee for the Eastern District of Kentucky DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are the...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Attorney fee award against IRS was based on litigation cost statute. In another...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Multiple filings not cause for in rem relief. The fact that the debtor...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Stay annulment reversed. The bankruptcy court had annulled the automatic stay, permitting the...