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{ Monthly Archives } June 2008

Student Loans In Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Recent Court Decisions Show A Disturbing Trend

� Student loans have achieved a unique position in the world of debt.�Those student loans with federal guarantee or public sponsorship have no statute of limitations on collection.�Authorized debt collectors have extrajudicial tools they are allowed to use for collection and they are given access to the Federal Payments Levy Program that allows a continuous collection levy against

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2008 06 27 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments (0)

Tax-Stamp Exemption under 11 U.S.C. 1146(a): A Waiting Game in light of Fla. Dep’t of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc., 2008 U.S. LEXIS 5025 (June 16, 2008)

In Fla. Dep’t of Revenue v

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2008 06 20 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments (0)

Award Nondischargeable

PHILADELPHIA — A panel of the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 6 ruled that a state court award in a divorce proceeding was nondischargeable because the debtor’s wife required the amount of the award for maintenance and support under 11 U.S. Section 523 ( Kirston J.

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2008 06 19 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments (0)

Debt Nondischargeable

A panel of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 4 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a debtor’s obligation to creditors who had sued him for damages was nondischargeable because the debtor’s conduct satisfied the requirement for “willful and malicious injury” ( Lizelle J

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2008 06 19 admin Uncategorized Comments (0)

Automatic Stay Violated

A New York bankruptcy judge on June 5 ruled that a lender, its agent and an official presiding over a foreclosure sale violated the automatic stay in bankruptcy proceeding when they conducted the foreclosure sale after being notified that the homeowner had filed for bankruptcy ( In Re: Judith Anne Crawford , No. 07-36853, Chapter 13, S.D

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2008 06 19 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments (0)

Bankruptcy Filings Up 30 Percent From Previous Year

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2008 06 04 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments (0)

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