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Section in 109(g)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code bars a debtor from filing a new case for 180 days if the...

A 34-year-old Chapter 7 debtor could discharge his student loan obligation by establishing that he could not reasonably make payments...

The Justice Department, in partnership with the Department of Education, recently announced new guidelines that loosen the strict application of...

Below-median Chapter 13 debtor bears the burden of justifying a plan longer than three years as confirmation of a five-year...

When a mortgage servicer objects to the plan based on its failure to pay mortgage arrears in equal monthly payments,...

Lien perfection follows state law The secret tax lien attaches to all of a taxpayer’s property of any kind, wherever...

Mortgage loan servicer violated mortgage agreement with debtor, the automatic stay, the confirmation order and Rule 3002.1 by applying debtor’s...

In a recent opinion, an Ohio bankruptcy court joined the majority of other courts by holding the Code excludes Social...

This Part 6 continues1 an analysis of judicial developments with a significant decision on finality of a Chapter 13 confirmation...

In examining the effect of vesting of property of the estate at confirmation of a Chapter 13 plan, bankruptcy court...