By Leo G. Spanos, Senior Staff Attorney to Martha G. Bronitsky, Chapter 13 Trustee, Northern District of California (Oakland Division) Courts around the country are split on whether property acquired post-chapter 13 confirmation remains property of the estate or vests in the debtor for all purposes absent contrary language in the plan or confirmation order under 11 U.S.C. § 1327(b).1...
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By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired)
Undistributed funds in confirmed case are property of creditors. Reviewing split of judicial authority, the court distinguished In re Michael, 699 F.3d 305 (3d Cir. 2012), in part on the basis that it involved a plan in which re-vesting occurred on confirmation. Here, the confirmed plan provided that property did not re-vest in debtors until plan completion. The court concluded that whether the debtors or creditors received undistributed funds upon conversion to Chapter 7 was a question of law, and nothing in the Code . . .
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