Where a Chapter 7 debtor fails to disclose the location of his Mercedes which he intended to surrender, fails to produce documents relating to the ownership of his property, and invokes his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination, the Court appropriately denied the debtor a discharge. (Preston) In re Appleby, 2021 WL 5121854 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio, Nov. 3, 2021) Case Summary...
From the Editor – Discharge Injunction
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By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired)
Section 524(i) applies only to long-term debts not discharged through plan. Whether § 524(i) applied to short-term secured debts that are paid in full and discharged through a Chapter 13 plan was a matter of first impression, with the Court finding no other court had yet decided precise question. Factors used in Supreme Court’s interpretations of BAPCPA’s amendments included: statutory language, context of the specific amendment, whether other Code provisions are affected, and Congressional purpose in the amendment. The Court concluded that “a reading . . .
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