May 2015

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Failure to file state income tax return warranted dismissal. The debtor had filed...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Case properly dismissed on eve of 60th month for failure to pay confirmed...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Bad faith conversion resulted in postpetition inheritance being property of Chapter 7 estate....

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Debtor’s lack of good faith in filing petition and plan required conversion. The...

The Honorable Joe Lee United States Bankruptcy Judge, 89, husband of Carole Pace Lee, and pioneer for bankruptcy reform, died...

Parties may consent to bankruptcy court hearing Stern claims. There was likely a collective sigh of relief by many bankruptcy...

You still have time to file retirement plan tax returns for your small business. Under the IRS special penalty relief...

No. 14-400 (Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) Issue: Whether, when a debtor in good...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Prepetition foreclosure prevented debtor’s cure of homeowners’ association delinquency. Although the automatic stay...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) For purposes of strip off, property is valued at petition date. Discussing the...