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Riverdale Credit Union v. Dobbs (In re Dobbs)

Ruling
Debtor credit card coordinator breached fiduciary duty to employer credit union by increasing credit card limits for debtor and spouse, resulting in nondischargeable debt.
Issue(s)
Was debt resulting from credit card coordinator's breach of fiduciary duty to employer credit card company nondischargeable?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 02, 2015 , LexisNexis #0215-122

In re McIntosh

Ruling
Reconsideration of denial of reconversion of case from chapter 7 back to chapter 13 in order to bring accident case settlement proceeds into debtors' estates denied.
Issue(s)
Whether the court should reconsider its decision not to reconvert debtors' cases from chapter 7 to chapter 13 in order that the trustee be allowed to receive into their estates and then distribute to their creditors proceeds from post-confirmation accident case settlements.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 27, 2015 , LexisNexis #0215-076

In re McIntosh

Ruling
Reconsideration of denial of reconversion of case from chapter 7 back to chapter 13 in order to bring accident case settlement proceeds into debtors' estates denied.
Issue(s)
Whether the court should reconsider its decision not to reconvert debtors' cases from chapter 7 to chapter 13 in order that the trustee be allowed to receive into their estates and then distribute to their creditors proceeds from post-confirmation accident case settlements.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 27, 2015 , LexisNexis #0215-076

Coye v. Glaude (In re Glaude)

Ruling
Failure to return down payment on house after sale fell through resulted in nondischargeable debt.
Issue(s)
Did debtor's failure to return down payment on house after sale failed to close result in nondischargeable debt?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 23, 2014 , LexisNexis #0115-049

Gamble v. Mendenhall (In re Mendenhall)

Ruling
Untimely nondischargeability proceeding related back to earlier timely but improperly filed proceeding.
Issue(s)
Should post-bar date, postdischarge nondischargeability complaint be dismissed as untimely when an earlier timely complaint had been improperly filed?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 18, 2014 , LexisNexis #1014-070

In re Gibson

Ruling
Estate of non-debtor spouse was not entitled to administrative expense claim for fees paid on condominium after fraudulent transferred of debtor's interest until the unit was reconveyed to debtor.
Issue(s)
Was estate of non-debtor spouse was entitled to an administrative expense claim for fees paid on a condominium where debtor fraudulently transferred her interest in the unit to the couple's son?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 12, 2014 , LexisNexis #0714-077

Stalnaker v. Jandrain (In re Tri-State Fin. LLC)

Ruling
Dividend paid more than one year prior to the filing of the bankruptcy petition while debtor was solvent and without intention to hinder, delay or defraud was not avoidable as fraudulent.
Issue(s)
Were dividends paid in the two years prior to the petition date avoidable as fraudulent?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on January 31, 2014 , LexisNexis #0214-126

In re Willis

Ruling
Debtor's divorce obligation to second spouse for making debtor's child support payments to debtor's first spouse was not a nondischargeable domestic support obligation.
Issue(s)
Was debt owed by debtor to second spouse pursuant to divorce decree as a result of the second spouse making payments on debtor's child support obligation to debtor's first spouse a nondischargeable domestic support obligation.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 21, 2014 , LexisNexis #0214-056

Shaffer v. Bird (In re Bird)

Ruling
Debt was nondischargeable due to debtor attorney's duplicate billings when acting as chapter 11 trustee that breached fiduciary duty to creditor's bankruptcy estate.
Issue(s)
Was debt owed by debtor for fraud, due to excessive and duplicate fees charged when acting as chapter 11 trustee, nondischargeable due to breach of fiduciary duty.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 07, 2014 , LexisNexis #0114-123

Wichman v. Wells Fargo Fin. Bank (In re Wichman)

Ruling
Debtors could avoid wholly unsecured junior lien.
Issue(s)
Could debtors avoid wholly unsecured junior lien.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 18, 2013 , LexisNexis #1213-065