By Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee (Nashville, TN) Introduction In 2016, the American Bankruptcy Institute’s president, Eugene Wedoff, retired bankruptcy judge from the Northern District of Illinois, proposed to the ABI Board that a commission be established to examine the current status of consumer bankruptcy laws, rules, and cases with the goal of its making general suggestions...
Pump the Brakes: Bad Faith Debtors Are Not Gaming the System
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By Kathryne M. Shaw,1 Boleman Law Firm, P.C. (Virginia Beach, VA)
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The bankruptcy system requires good faith on the part of a debtor in exchange for the promise of a fresh start, and responsible members of the bankruptcy bar constantly work to ensure that no one “games” this powerful system. So, how does a debtor who gets caught violating numerous rules of the court and demonstrating repeated examples . . .
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