Summary:

During Ms. Boykin’s Chapter 13 case, the bankruptcy court held that the claim by the United States arising under the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") out of her failure to obtain health insurance was a non-priority penalty and not a tax.  While this appeal by the government was pending, Ms. Boykin voluntarily converted her case to Chapter 7, in which all parties agreed there would be no insufficient assets for any distribution to creditors.

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Mr.  Bryan refinanced his home in 2007, with two mortgages, ultimately held by Nationstar, originally totaling $657,000.  In August 2009, Mr.  Bryant’s home was destroyed by fire, but was fortunately insured for up to $649,000.  By May of 2013, when the home had still apparently not been rebuilt and the insurance proceeds not disposed of, Nationstar brought a “secret lawsuit” against the insurance carrier and settled that suit for $445,000.  Nationstar then commenced foreclosure agains

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The Virginia Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement, sought to obtain post-petition funds held by the Trustee following the dismissal of Mr. Webb’s unconfirmed Chapter 13 case to apply against his delinquent child support.

by Edward Boltz

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After selling his business to Evapco, Mr. Peterson continued to work for Evapco subject to a non-compete agreement.  Despite this, Mr. Peterson formed other entities which Evapco asserted violated such agreement and defrauded Evapco.  Evapco brought suit in Maryland, with the court there entering a default judgment as a sanction against Mr.

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The federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act obliges debt collectors to provide certain notices to consumers from whom they are attempting to collect debts. This article is the authors’ second to report findings from the first academic study of consumer understanding of one of those notices, commonly called the validation notice or “g notice.” The authors showed consumers different versions of collection letters and then asked questions to measure their understanding of the notices.

Summary:

Mrs. Dev had filed three bankruptcy cases, with the second dismissed on September 12, 2017, and the third filed on February 13, 2018, for the purpose, among others, of stopping the foreclosure of her home by Coastal Federal Credit Union. CFCU brought a Motion for Relief arguing that it lacked adequate protection, that the plan was filed in bad faith, was abusive, and part of a scheme to delay, hinder and defraud CFCU. It sought in rem relief for two years. Ms.

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Mr. Tyler obtained a mortgage against his home and eventually fell delinquent and faced foreclosure proceedings. Mr. Tyler then filed a pro se Chapter 7 bankruptcy and commenced an adversary proceeding challenging the foreclosure on host of the usual grounds.

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After filing Ch.  11,  during which case Bank of America filed a Proof of Claim asserting that it was secured by a Deed of Trust owned by Mr.  McGowan and occupied by his then minor daughter, McGowan converted to Ch. 7, received a discharge and the real property was abandoned.

Summary:

Ms.  Broughton,  a persistent and likely pernicious debtor and appellant,  filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy proposing to sell for the benefit of her secured creditors the real property she claimed to own in “fee simple absolute; and as trustee for trust for the benefit of her heirs.”  When this plan was rejected, her case was converted to Chapter 7.  The Trustee subsequently obtained an order to sell the property free and clear of liens, but by then Ms.  Broughton opposed such sale,