Personal and business bankruptcy filings rose 16.2 percent in the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, compared with the previous year, according to the latest quarterly report released by […]
Insurer can’t invade debtor’s homestead to recoup $290K overpayment
Matthew J. Hamel (left) and Richard S. Ravosa Jr., attorneys for debtor A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has held that an insurance company could not invade a Chapter […]
Bankruptcy – Homestead | Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Where an unsecured judgment creditor has objected to a claimed homestead exemption, the objection should be overruled because the creditor has failed to sustain its […]
Bankruptcy – Bad faith – Dismissal
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Where a motion has been filed seeking to dismiss a debtor’s Chapter 13 case for “cause” as having been filed in bad faith under 11 […]
Bankruptcy – Loans – Judgment debt
Listen to this article Where a creditor who made loans to assist a debtor in opening a restaurant obtained a default judgment in the amount of $77,851.34 against […]
Trustee cannot reopen completed Chapter 13 cases
Listen to this article A bankruptcy trustee could not reopen three Chapter 13 cases and convert them to Chapter 7 in order to administer undisclosed assets for the […]
Bankruptcy – Confirmation – Motion to reopen
Listen to this article Where a post-confirmation motion to reopen has been filed in three unrelated Chapter 13 cases, there is no estate property to be administered if […]
Bankruptcy – Fee motion – Untimeliness
Listen to this article Where a debtor filed a motion for fees and costs following the dismissal of an involuntary Chapter 11 petition, the fee motion was untimely, […]
Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Eviction
Listen to this article Where a bank has moved for relief from the automatic stay in order to evict the debtor, that motion should be granted in part, […]
Bankruptcy – Chapter 93A – Mortgage
Listen to this article Where a debtor has filed an objection to a proof of claim related to his mortgage loan, the objection should be overruled because the […]