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Branch Banking & Trust Co. v. Evans (In re Evans)

Ruling
Discharge denied due to debtor's concealment and failure to disclose assets and transfers as well as false oaths.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's discharge be denied due to concealment of assets and transfers of assets as well as false oaths?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 25, 2015 , LexisNexis #1015-093

Rhyne v. Rhyne (In re Rhyne)

Ruling
State court action by debtor's brothers to administer mother's will, which took discharged debt into account in dividing property, did not violate the discharge injunction.
Issue(s)
Did state court proceeding to administer a will, which reduced debtor's distribution based on a discharged debt, violate the discharge injunction?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 24, 2015 , LexisNexis #1015-089

Robbins v. Alther (In re Alther)

Ruling
Case ordered converted or dismissed due to presumption of abuse.
Issue(s)
Should chapter 7 case be dismissed pursuant to the presumption of abuse?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 11, 2015 , LexisNexis #1015-020

In re Budd

Ruling
Debtor's attorneys' fees reduced as sanction for professional misconduct.
Issue(s)
Should the bankruptcy court approve additional debtor's attorney's fees for reaching a settlement regarding the dischargeability of debt filed on behalf of the Social Security Administration?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 24, 2015 , LexisNexis #0815-074

Addison v. United States Dept of Agric. (In re Addison)

Ruling
Government's postpetition setoff of exempt tax overpayment against non-tax debt violated the automatic stay.
Issue(s)
Does the automatic stay apply to the federal treasury offset program where the federal government seeks to offset a non-tax debt owed by the debtor to a federal agency against a federal income tax refund owed to the debtor and, if so, can the debtor claim an exemption in that refund which trumps the government's right of offset?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 13, 2015 , LexisNexis #0815-007

Myles v. Xinergy Ltd. (In re Xinergy Ltd.)

Ruling
Relief from stay granted to allow creditor to pursue state law sexual harassment claim.
Issue(s)
Should relief from stay be granted to allow creditor to pursue state law sexual harassment claim?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on June 11, 2015 , LexisNexis #0715-007

In re Fisher

Ruling
Granting of voluntary chapter 13 dismissal was mandatory absent bad faith or abuse.
Issue(s)
Should chapter 13 debtor's motion for a voluntary dismissal be granted?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 19, 2015 , LexisNexis #0415-064

SE Prop. Holdings LLC v. Seaside Engg & Surveying (In re Seaside Engg & Surveying)

Ruling
Plan including releases of claims against third parties properly confirmed.
Issue(s)
What is the authority of bankruptcy courts to issue non-consensual, non-debtor releases or bar orders, and what are the circumstances under which such bar orders might be appropriate?

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Court :
Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
Commercial opinion summary, case decided on March 12, 2015 , LexisNexis #0415-024

In re Tucker

Ruling
Mortgage company's letter violated the discharge injunction but was not grounds for damages as it had been sent by mistake.
Issue(s)
Was mortgage company's sending of a mortgage billing statement a willful violation of the automatic stay that would entitle debtor to damages?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 27, 2015 , LexisNexis #0315-121

In re Kiser

Ruling
Creditor's objection to confirmation based on failure to include postpetition attorneys' fees in plan overruled.
Issue(s)
Whether creditor was entitled to recover postpetition attorneys' fees through debtor's plan?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 15, 2015 , LexisNexis #0215-064