By Cathy Moran, Esq. (Redwood City, CA) After bankruptcy, credit scores go steadily up, says a 17 year study released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Got that? Go UP. Every year. Importantly, credit scores start improving the same year that the bankruptcy is filed. Think on that for a moment. How collectors stoke fears about bankruptcy Creditors and their...
From the Editor – Automatic Stay
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By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired)
Stay applies to property interest acquired post-confirmation. The confirmation order provided that property remained in the estate until plan completion; therefore, the debtor’s vehicle purchased post-confirmation became property of the estate, despite the debtor’s misrepresentation to the seller that she was not in a bankruptcy case. The debtor subsequently amended schedules and notified the seller of the bankruptcy. Therefore, repossession of the vehicle was a willful violation of the automatic stay. The seller’s knowledge of the bankruptcy prior to the repossession subjected it to . . .
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