Recent Posts in Case Law Update Category
Posted on Jan 13, 2013 By Robert Kovacs
Notable Case – Recent Decision In Re: Mayberry In 2011 a client came to me to help save her home from foreclosure. This client has limited income and was struggling to survive. A chapter 13 ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2012 By Robert Kovacs
In re Hoey, 2012 Bankr. LEXIS 5803 (Bankr. D. Mass. Dec. 18, 2012) Recently Judge Hillman, of the Boston Bankruptcy Court, found that a creditor cannot file a late objection to a bankruptcy plan prior ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2012 By Robert Kovacs
"Social Security Income Not Included in Projected Disposable Income In two important victories for debtors, the Fifth and Tenth Circuits have found that social security income is not included in ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2012 By Robert Kovacs
"The last few days have seen two important appellate decisions where the National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center (NCBRC) represented NACBA as an amicus curiae. These decisions reinforce the ...
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Posted on Sep 29, 2012 By Robert Kovacs
The case updates below are provided by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers. I am proudly a member! Please visit their website at www.NACBA.org. "No Lien Stripping under ...
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Posted on Jun 2, 2012 By Robert Kovacs
Inherited IRAs On May 4, NACBA filed an amicus brief in the consolidated cases of Rameker v. Clark, No. 12-1241 and, Adili v. Clark, No. 12-1255 (7th Cir.), on the issue of whether a debtor may exempt ...
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Posted on May 19, 2012 By Robert Kovacs
______________________________________________________________________ Cases In Review May 2012 "Cases In Review" highlights recent cases that may be of particular interest to consumer ...
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Posted on May 6, 2012 By Robert Kovacs
©National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center www.ncbrc.org 1 of 4 ______________________________________________________________________ Cases In Review April 2012 "Cases In Review" ...
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Posted on Apr 29, 2012 By Robert Kovacs
National Associaiotn of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney's – Case Update and Amicus Riverside Bankruptcy Court's Sua Sponte Dismissal Reversed The District Court for the Central District of ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2012 By Robert Kovacs
From the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers. Fourth Circuit Opens Door to Class Proofs of Claim The Fourth Circuit recently found that class proofs of claim are permissible subject to ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2012 By Robert Kovacs
Discharge of Tax Debts when your return is filed late. Generally, income tax debts become dischargeable in bankruptcy if your tax has been past due for at least three years, the return was actually ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Robert Kovacs
Solicitor General Supports Debtor in Supreme Court In Countrywide v. Rodriguez, No. 10-1285 (S.Ct.) the United States Solicitor General submitted an amicus brief opposing certiorari and supporting ...
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Posted on Jul 1, 2011 By Robert Kovacs
" RECENT CASES OF INTEREST: Guest Contributor Wendell Sherk, NACBA State Chair, Missouri" From the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers, please visit them at www.nacba.org 8 ...
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