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Paying unsecured creditors in full doesn’t mean paying them extra. In re Peters rejects the idea that Chapter 13 debtors owe unsecured creditors post-petition interest simply for paying them in full.

On May 9th, the 2nd Circuit issued an opinion in Soussis v. Macco joining other Circuits holding that the Bankruptcy Code does not permit a Chapter 13 Trustee to retain the percentage fees collected on payments that a chapter 13 debtor made pre-confirmation in accordance with 26 U.S.C. §586 but, upon dismissal prior to confirmation of the plan, is obligated to return the fee to the debtor, as required by § 1326.

“The ambiguity of § 302 raises the question:are jointly administered cases two separate estates? If jointly administered cases are two separate estates, are trustees doing it wrong?”