By Michael McCormick, Senior Partner, McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC (Roswell, GA) H.R. 748, also known as the CARES Act (herein, “the Act”), was enacted into law on March 27, 2020. The Act is meant to address the economic fallout of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Act contains numerous consumer protections, including several pertaining to residential mortgages. Relief from Foreclosure Section...
From the Editor – Dismissal
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By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired)
Debtor’s spending of settlement proceeds was material default and cause for dismissal with prejudice. The plan provided that settlement proceeds of a workers’ compensation claim would be paid to the trustee for the benefit of creditors, but the debtor spent those funds for his own use. The court found this to be material default of the plan’s provisions and cause to dismiss the case with prejudice to refiling for five years. Attorneys for the debtor in the bankruptcy case and workers’ compensation suit bear some responsibility and . . .
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