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What Are Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy?

Sawin & Shea

Before someone makes a bankruptcy filing, it is not uncommon for debtors to feel as if they have to make some tough decisions. Which creditors can they pay? This typically occurs because the debtor doesn’t have the money to pay all of their creditors, so they feel they need to rank which ones are more important to pay first.

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Idaho Bankruptcy Court Holds that Later-Recovered Assets Revert to Borrower Absent Plan Provision to the Contrary

Troutman Sanders

Bankruptcy Court for the District of Iowa, absent a plan provision providing otherwise, those funds revert to the debtors. In In re McCrorey , the debtors confirmed a chapter 13 plan, which required them to make payments for 60 months and provided no payments to unsecured creditors.

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Debtor Allowed to Make Voluntary Contributions to Retirement Fund While Repaying Creditors

ABI

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff. . In In re Marlena Joy Pizzo , the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina held that a debtor may voluntarily contribute to her retirement plan while paying creditors under a bankruptcy plan. [1] 6] The court referred to 11 U.S.C. 1325(b)(1)(B)). [8]

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Florida Bankruptcy Court Sanctions Debt Buyer for Seeking to Collect Debt that Consumer Failed to Schedule in Bankruptcy Case

Troutman Sanders

As background, in 2002, the debtor and her then-spouse jointly filed a “no asset” Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition. She listed 45 unsecured creditors in her schedules of assets and liabilities, including the $7,400 credit card debt at issue. The court found this argument contrary to the plain text of the Bankruptcy Code.

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Section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Dangers of Sleeping on Your Rights as a Creditor

PBWT

This is especially true if you’re a creditor in a chapter 11 case. Debtor Fred Jay Bressler, M.D. Debtor Fred Jay Bressler, M.D. Two mortgage companies held more than $800,000 in secured claims, and 33 creditors had unsecured claims totaling about $1.1 In re Fred Bressler , No. 20-31023, 21 WL 126184 (Bankr.

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Recent Decision on Derivative Standing by a Creditors’ Committee to Challenge a Lender’s Liens

PBWT

In many chapter 11 cases, creditors’ committees can play a vital role in maximizing the recoveries of unsecured creditors. But the powers of creditors’ committees are circumscribed by both the Bankruptcy Code and case law. The debtor operated 28 franchise restaurants primarily in the Sun Belt region.

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Your Commercial Debtor Just Went Bankrupt — Can You Still Get The Money You’re Owed?

Debt RR

However, if the debtor owes a significant amount, you may want to consider pursuing the debt in bankruptcy court. Even in a best-case scenario — as a secured creditor — you could be waiting up to six years to receive payment. Even in a best-case scenario — as a secured creditor — you could be waiting up to six years to receive payment.

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