By Lawrence R. Ahern III, Brown & Ahern (Nashville, TN) Introduction to this Series Current pandemic circumstances and economic conditions portend an onslaught of bankruptcy filings. In the consumer bankruptcy field, trustees and debtors' counsel often are uncomfortable with the rules in UCC Article 9. Here, we look at a couple of topics that touch on the interplay of Article...
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By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired)
Attorney fees by divorce court and priority claim. $13,000 attorney fee awarded by state divorce court, which was related to debtor’s efforts to obtain modification of the divorce decree, was not a domestic support obligation, notwithstanding fee order stating that it was deemed to be support in nature and nondischargeable in bankruptcy; the state court did not make a determination that the fee was actually in the nature of support based upon the relative financial circumstances of the parties, and the bankruptcy court could not find the . . .
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