May 2017

The IRS mails millions of pieces of correspondence every year to taxpayers for a variety of reasons. Below are some...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Debtor’s lacked standing to avoid prepetition foreclosure. Addressing the split of authority on...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Co-debtor stay applied only to consumer debt of the debtor. In a case...

Peake v. Ayobami – Appellant’s brief seeking reversal of Bankruptcy Court decision regarding misapplication of Form 106C. Peake v. Ayobami...

By Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Trustee for the Middle District of Tennessee (Nashville) Where the debtors’ proof of...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Debtor’s right of redemption of property sold at tax sale was property of...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Timing of lien avoidance in Chapter 13. Chapter 13 debtor’s avoidance of judgment...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Avoidance of judicial lien. Under Rhode Island’s homestead exemption, a mixed-use residential/commercial property...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Conversion from Chapter 7 to 13 triggered new exemption objection period. Although Rule...

By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Minnesota’s property tax refund was not exempt as a government assistance based on...