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§ 1329(b)(1)

Helmeid, In re

Ruling
Modification that reduced amount of secured claim was impermissible. (Bankr. E.D.N.C.)
Issue(s)
Modification of Plan After Confirmation; Requirements; Compliance with Provisions Governing Plan, Preconfirmation Modification, and Confirmation.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on May 22, 2018 , LexisNexis #0618-115

In re Wilson

Ruling
Trustee’s modified plan proposing use of proceeds of accident settlement could be approved.(Bankr. W.D. La.)
Issue(s)
What was the proper disposition of settlement proceeds of debtor’s postconfirmation action arising out of a motor vehicle accident?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 05, 2016 , LexisNexis #0916-066

In re Zuccarell

Ruling
Plan modification denied due to debtor’s lack of good faith.
Issue(s)
Should debtors’ motion to modify their chapter 13 plan be granted?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 18, 2016 , LexisNexis #0816-055

In re Ford

Ruling
Debtor could modify plan where medical condition resulted in decrease income.
Issue(s)
Could chapter 13 debtor who was disabled and could not longer work as a pilot modify plan based on resulting reduced income?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 13, 2015 , LexisNexis #1215-101

In re Hernandez

Ruling
Trustee not entitled to modify debtors' chapter 13 plan payments based on unanticipated increase in income, but was entitled to turnover of tax refund for the year of the increase.
Issue(s)
Could trustee modify debtors' plan to increase monthly payments subsequent to unanticipated increase in income and could trustee also obtain debtor's tax refund for the corresponding period?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 28, 2015 , LexisNexis #0315-033

In re Tengan

Ruling
Below-median debtors could modify plan to shorten term.
Issue(s)
Could below-median debtors reduce their plan term from sixty to thirty-six months along with a reduction in payments?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 15, 2014 , LexisNexis #1114-061

In re King

Ruling
Postconfirmation modification of above median debtors' plan was subject to 60-month term requirement.
Procedural posture

Debtors' Second Amended Plan had been confirmed in 2006. Before the court was debtors' Third Amended Plan. The Chapter 13 Trustee objected.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 20, 2010 , LexisNexis #1110-136

In re Hall

Ruling
Plan modified to reflect lump sum Social Security Disability Income benefit to debtor spouse.
Procedural posture

After debtors' Chapter 13 plan was confirmed, the trustee made a motion to modify the plan based on an award of Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) benefits to debtor wife. The award consisted of a lump sum award and monthly payments to the wife and her two dependent children. Debtors objected to the trustee's motion.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 31, 2010 , LexisNexis #1010-066

In re Ludwig

Ruling
Modification calling for indefinite suspension of payments due to wife's unemployment denied.
Procedural posture

Debtors, a married couple, moved to modify their chapter 13 plan pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 1329 to suspend payments based on the wife's loss of employment, such suspension to remain in place until the wife became employed once again. The chapter 13 trustee objected to the motion on the ground that it was too vague and that a specific period of suspension had to be identified.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 20, 2008 , LexisNexis #0109-092

In re Osborne

Ruling
Trustee's motion to modify confirmed plan to increase dividend to unsecured creditors granted.
Procedural posture

A trustee filed a motion to modify the debtors'confirmed chapter 13 plan to comply with 11 U.S.C. § 1325(b)(1)(B). The debtors opposed the motion.

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opinion summary, case decided on February 05, 2007 , LexisNexis #0407-032