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What Should Construction Contractors Do When a Property Owner Files For Bankruptcy?

Jimerson Firm

A construction project to a screeching halt when a property owner files for bankruptcy, creating a serious risk of substantial losses for the contractor, as well as subcontractors and suppliers. The list of creditors receiving the Notice should include the general contractor of an incomplete construction project. See 11 U.S.C.

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Luxurious Lifestyles Can Undermine the Good Faith Requirement for ?Proposed Chapter 11 Plans of Reorganization

ABI

4] Debtor’s initial proposed plan was rejected by the judgment creditors because it paid them less than twenty percent on the outstanding debts. The second plan proposed paying those creditors in full over two decades. 20] The debtors had “over $500,000 in unsecured debt, [but]. per year. [5] 730, 734 (Bankr.