OpinionsChapter 7 trustee brought an adversary proceeding to avoid lender's mortgage lien. The court granted the lender's motion for summary judgment. The prepetition mortgage was invalid due to the failure of the debtor's spouse to sign the mortgage. Nevertheless, the secured creditor was equitably subrogated to the earlier mortgage, and the trustee as a hypothetical bona fide purchaser did not defeat its rights under that mortgage. In Re Spears, 06-21015 (June 2006) -- Judge P. Pepper Section 109(h) of BAPCPA does not require a debtor to wait a day between the day she obtains her credit briefing and the day she files her petition for relief. A debtor who obtains the credit briefing at any time during the 180 days prior to the moment she files her petition has complied with section 109(h). In re Estrada, No. 03-33013-svk (unpublished) (June 2006) -- Judge S.V. Kelley In a pre-BAPCPA case, after secured vehicle was totally destroyed in an accident, secured creditor's recovery of insurance proceeds was limited to the amount of the allowed secured claim (net of payments received under the plan) as determined by Debtor's confirmed chapter 13 plan. Plan provided that property did not revest in debtor at confirmation; accordingly excess proceeds had to be paid to the Trustee. In re Bernard & Mary Guelig, Case No. 05-33634 (June 2006) -- Judge M.D. McGarity Due to court's findings of fact regarding value of debtors' real estate and amount due under land contract, debtors' objection to trustee's intent to sell property was overruled. In Re Pham, 06-20779 (May 2006) -- Judge P. Pepper Discussion of the circumstances under which courts will require reaffirmation hearings under BAPCPA. In re Jeffrey & Penny Munsch, Case No. 05-23178, Neil McKloskey, Trustee v. Guaranty Bank, Adversary No. 05-2437 (May 2006) -- Judge M.D. McGarity Defendant bank was granted summary judgment on fraudulent transfer cause of action; defense of accord and satisfaction was inapplicable because the amount the debtors owed the bank at the time of the prepetition transfer was not in dispute. In re David & Christine LeFeber, Case No. 05-28540 (May 2006) -- Judge M.D. McGarity Debtors plan, which proposed to contribute such portion of $15,000 proceeds of sale of real estate as necessary to complete the plan, failed to meet the requirements of 11 U.S.C. s. 1325(b)(1)(B). In re Racette, 343 B.R. 200 (May 2006) -- Judge S.V. Kelley Debtors' request to strike petition that was filed without Section 109(h) credit briefing certificate was denied. Instead, case was dismissed, and counted as a case for purposes of Section 362(c)(3). In re Xiong, No 05-43121-svk (May 2006) -- Judge S.V. Kelley Property that debtor owned with non-filing spouse when they moved to Wisconsin was not marital property, and non-filing spouse's interest was not property of the estate. As to property that did constitute marital property, debtor was entitled to exempt the full amount of the equity (up to the value of the federal exemptions) not just one-half. In Re Kinnee, 06-21356 (May 2006) -- Judge P. Pepper Debtors whose debt is primarily business debt, rather than consumer debt, are not required to file Form B22A (the means test calculations). For a debtor to have debt that is "primarily" business debt, the business debt must comprise more than 50% of the overall debt. |