The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel issued an opinion (In re Luedtke) last month holding that “above-median” Chapter 13 debtors may no longer claim a $200 “older vehicle operating expense” when calculating “disposable monthly income” for purposes of determining a…
If you have been researching bankruptcy, it is likely you have encountered information about the means test and how difficult it can be to qualify for chapter 7 bankruptcy. You may have even consulted with an attorney or paralegal who…
The National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center (NCBRC), NACBA’s 501(c)(3) offshoot, scored an important win in the Ninth Circuit yesterday. In the case In re Welsh, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 5880 (9th Cir. 2013), the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals joined…
This article is a reprint from the ABI Legislation Newsletter.
An Analysis of the “National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2011”
By Karen Cordry
In 2008, Congress enacted the National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of…