By William H. Brown, Adviser to The Academy d/b/a ConsiderChapter13.org In the most recent opinion on the issue, as of this writing, the Court in In re Rivera, 2019 WL 1430273 (Bankr. D. Ariz. Mar. 28, 2019), in perhaps still a minority view, concluded that debtors’ default in making all direct postpetition mortgage payments was not a failure to complete...
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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