In re Poulette
May
24
2013
Ruling
Debtor could make post-closing amendment to claimed exemptions due to excusable neglect.
Procedural posture
A bankruptcy trustee filed an objection to a debtor's post-case closing attempt to exempt originally unscheduled interests in two claims.
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- 11 U.S.C.
Fannie Mae v. Griffin (In re Griffin)
Mar
15
2013
Ruling
Debtor could pay off deceased mother's reverse mortgage in installments through plan.
Procedural posture
Debtor filed a petition under chapter 13 and proposed a plan for paying his creditors that paid a $62,602 debt owed to a mortgagee over forty-seven months. The mortgagee filed an objection to confirmation of the debtor's plan and moved for relief from the automatic stay. The court held a hearing on the mortgagee's objection.
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In re Egwu
Oct
19
2012
Ruling
Debtor's former attorney's fees ordered disgorged due to failure to disclose fee sharing arrangement.
Procedural posture
Debtor's former attorney filed an application for attorneys' fees per 11 U.S.C.S. § 503(a) and an objection to confirmation of the debtor's chapter 13 plan because it did not propose to pay any of the fees the attorney sought to recover.
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Potomac Bus. Envts
Aug
31
2012
Ruling
Debtor granted continued authority to use cash collateral given good cause shown.
Procedural posture
This matter came before the court on debtor's Motion for an Order Authorizing the Interim Use of Cash Collateral through December 31, 2011 Pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 363 (the "Motion"), debtor's properly noticed request for a hearing on the continued use of cash collateral through and including October 10, 2012 (the "Notice").
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In re Roberts Plumbing & Heating LLC
Jul
20
2011
Ruling
Approval of disclosure statements denied due to several deficiencies.
Procedural posture
In jointly administered chapter 11 cases, the debtors sought approval of two disclosure statements regarding their plans of reorganization.
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Court
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Quillen
Jun
22
2009
Ruling
Trustee's objection to exemptions amended after case was converted to chapter 7 was untimely.
Procedural posture
Shortly before a pro se debtor's case was converted from chapter 11 to chapter 7, the debtor filed amended exemptions for property held by the entirety and other property exemptions under Florida law. The trustee objected to the amended exemptions, but the debtor asserted that the objection was untimely and thus the full value of the exempt property revested in the debtor.
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In re Gay
Jun
27
2008
Ruling
Debtor's attorneys' fees allowed in reduced amount due to failure to disclose payment by non- debtor entity.
Procedural posture
The attorney for a chapter 11 debtor filed an application for compensation, seeking approximately $ 88,000 in attorney's fees and costs.
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- 11 U.S.C.
Dubois v. Lindsley (In re Lindsley)
Apr
22
2008
Ruling
Judgment based on debtor's improper sale of mitigation credits was nondischargeable.
Procedural posture
Plaintiffs creditors filed an adversary proceeding against defendant chapter 7 debtor, seeking a determination that a judgment they obtained against the debtor in an action they filed in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County (Maryland) was nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C.S. § 523(a)(2)(A). The case was tried to the court.
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In re Robinson-Wolf
Oct
10
2007
Ruling
Chapter 7 trustee's request for compensation for period prior to conversion to chapter 13 granted.
Procedural posture
At the behest of the court, a chapter 7 trustee filed a supplemental memorandum in support of his application for allowance of compensation and reimbursement of expenses for work performed in the brief period before the conversion of the debtors'case to chapter 13.
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Tubman
Mar
26
2007
Ruling
Stay in debtor's third chapter 13 case terminated after 30 days as to debtor and debtor's property only, not property of the estate.
Procedural posture
Chapter 13 debtor filed a motion to extend the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(c)(3)(B) and a motion for a declaratory judgment as to the continuation of the stay as to property of the estate.
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