Unfortunately, COVID-19 has resulted in many bankrupt restaurants. A lot of restaurants had to close their doors because of the pandemic and the social distancing regulations that were put in place. If your business has not been able to ride this...
The bankruptcy court is a division of the federal district court. Although state courts are bound by the decisions of the United States Supreme Court construing federal law, there is no similar obligation with respect to decisions of the lower federal courts.
The bankruptcy court properly rejected the Chapter 7 trustee's "turnover" request for a good faith deposit on a proposed real estate purchase that had been assigned to the debtor because the debtor did not possess either a legal or an equitable...
The Chapter 13 debtor could not discharge the creditor-ex-wife's $12,500 claim for payment of a second mortgage and a judgment lien on the former marital home, because this debt was "in the nature of alimony, maintenance, or support." The debtor...
The defendant-debt collector was properly granted judgment on the pleadings where it notified plaintiff-debtor that he must dispute the debt "within 30 days of receiving this notice" because the notice complied with the requirements of the FDCPA....
Holding that the trial court properly applied the doctrine of judicial estoppel and granted the defendants' emergency motion to dismiss the plaintiff's case for failure to disclose the claims in her Chapter 13 bankruptcy, the court affirmed the...
