Court lacks authority to extend stay in a case with a one-time repeat filer within a year of the previous case especially where the matter is tardily raised.

Chapter 13 debtor proposing a plan that maintains payments and cures defaults on a long-term student loan debt bears the burden of proving that the classification is not discriminatory and does not violate § 1322(b)(10).

Home equity lender may assess a monthly fee against a debtor’s plan for its compliance with Rule 3002.1 notice of fees charged by HELOC lender’s attorney’s preparation of monthly notices of payment changes and fees authorized by Rule 3002.1. This article is a detailed description of a case Attorney Bonial discusses in Part 2 of Debtor Attorneys Were Gobsmacked!!

In the fall of 2021, Michael McCormick provided subscribers with an EXCELLENT, expository, seven-part outline on mortgage escrow. This information is still relevant today.

We asked our NACTT Emeritus Trustees to comment on the troublesome trend of fewer chapter 13 case filings. Years of experience provides helpful insight for trustees and consumer bankruptcy attorneys.

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