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What Are Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy?

Sawin & Shea

Which creditors can they pay? Which ones will not get the payment they’re owed? 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. Insider creditors include a friend, family, member, or business associate.

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

Troutman Sanders

What happens to funds recovered by the trustee after the final plan payment is made in a chapter 13 case? 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. According to the U.S.

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Car Payments and Car Repossession

Sawin & Shea

Are you behind on car payments? It halts collection efforts and gives you the opportunity to reorganize your debts, including vehicle payments, preventing the loan company from taking your car. As you can see, it’s more important than ever to contact a bankruptcy attorney immediately if you’re getting behind on car payments.

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Settlement Agreement Found not to be an Executory Contract Under Section 365(a)

ABI

2] The debtor, Svenhard’s Swedish Bakery ("Svenhard’s"), was a member of the Confectionery Union and Industrial Pension Fund (the "Pension Fund"), the unsecured creditor at issue in this case. [3] 7] Svenhard’s ceased operations in November 2019 and missed a payment to the Pension Fund in December 2019. [8]

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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy and Student Loans

Sawin & Shea

And, even if you can’t get them fully discharged, you can still use bankruptcy to reduce your payments. A trustee will be assigned to your case to collect payments and make recommendations to the court regarding plan approval. While getting student loans fully discharged through bankruptcy is rare, it is not impossible.

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

PBWT

The plan proposed to pay unsecured creditors $300,000 over five years and to make regular mortgage payments to the secured creditors. Just seven unsecured creditors voted on the plan, all in favor. Harris County voted to accept the plan. Bressler had obtained the required votes to confirm the plan.

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When a Company Goes Into Administration or Liquidation Who Gets Paid First?

Hudson Weir

Creditors of a company are categorised as per the below: Secured creditors with a fixed charge Preferential creditors Secured creditors with a floating charge Unsecured creditors (including HMRC debt) Shareholders What is the Order of Payment in Liquidation?