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Southwest Health Servs., P.A., In re

Ruling
Court found debtor health service ineligible for discharge and imposed sanctions for bad faith filing intended to delay creditor collection efforts. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
Issue(s)
Discharge; Grounds for Denial; Debtor Not an Individual.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 14, 2025 , LexisNexis #0925-041

Trinity Legacy Consortium, LLC, In re

Ruling
Court dismissed debtor’s subchapter V case, citing better creditor recovery prospects with dismissal versus Chapter 7 conversion. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
Issue(s)
Conversion or Dismissal; Involuntary Conversion or Dismissal.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 07, 2025 , LexisNexis #0925-014

Bright Green Corp., In re

Ruling
Debtor’s state court case allowed to proceed as court found state law issues and judicial economy justified lifting the stay. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
Issue(s)
Automatic Stay; Relief from Stay; For Cause.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on June 12, 2025 , LexisNexis #0825-059

Romo, In re

Ruling
Debtors could claim increased state homestead exemption amount that had taken effect prior to the petition date. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property; Avoidance.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 27, 2025 , LexisNexis #0425-085

Gonzales, In re

Ruling
Debtor’s intentional conduct in selling creditors’ property to a third party, without justification and in bad faith, was a willful and malicious injury. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
Issue(s)
Exceptions to Discharge; Types of Debt Excepted.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 23, 2025 , LexisNexis #0325-084

Ghaffari, In re

Ruling
Subchapter V debtor was required to report all actual earnings and cash receipts in the monthly operating reports regardless of whether the income was property of the estate. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
Issue(s)
Duties and reporting requirements of debtors; Other applicable provisions.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 03, 2025 , LexisNexis #0325-046

Gonzales, In re

Ruling
Debtor's motion to avoid a judicial lien was granted, even without any evidence of the actual cost to fix the debtor's house repairs given the low fair market value of the property on the petition date. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 30, 2024 , LexisNexis #1224-059

HRV Santa Fe, LLC v. Wolf

Ruling
Debtors had not carried their burden of proving that either the interest of justice or the convenience of parties and witnesses favored a transfer of the proceeding to Delaware. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
Issue(s)
Change of Venue.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on August 30, 2024 , LexisNexis #1124-050

Alcon, In re

Ruling
City’s erroneous allocation of pre- and post-petition electrical usage violated the automatic stay. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
Issue(s)
Automatic Stay.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 22, 2024 , LexisNexis #1124-003

Woods, In re--Grange Ins. Co. v. Woods

Ruling
Bankruptcy court erred in ruling that the insurer was not required to prove justifiable relianceon debtor’s false claim documentation that was the subject of state court insurance fraudjudgment. (B.A.P. 10th Cir.)
Issue(s)
Exceptions to Discharge; Types of Debt Excepted; Fraud; False Pretenses, False

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 11, 2024 , LexisNexis #0924-035