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Court Opinions Database
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| Keywords/Topic | Date | Title | Description | Judge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 13, Dismissal, Dismissal or Conversion, Sanctions | 01/31/2014 | Javier Humberto Ontiveros |
Court dismissed chapter 13 case because the debtor refused to propose a plan with monthly payments sufficient to pay all priority claims (including a substantial domestic support obligation claim). Court declined to dismiss the case with prejudice, finding that the case had not been filed or prosecuted in bad faith. Court declined to award creditor attorney fees because there was insufficient evidence to warrant an award. Finally, court ordered funds held by the chapter 13 trustee to be paid to debtor's counsel, rather than DSO creditor, per sec. 1326(a). |
Judge David T. Thuma | |
| Chapter 13, Res Judicata | 09/20/2013 | Cory Don Campbell and Leah Jill Campbell |
Court grants Chapter 13 debtors' motion to modify plan to eliminate a balloon payment requirement, because (i) debtors were never told about the balloon payment and (ii) the payment requirement was the result of counsel's errors in calculating the means test; done properly the means test would have allowed debtors to file chapter 7, and make no payments to creditors. |
Judge David T. Thuma | |
| Chapter 13, Trustee | 08/07/2013 | Martin William Acevedo and Stephanie Anne Acevedo |
Chapter 13 Trustee may not collect a percentage fee if no plan is confirmed. |
Judge David T. Thuma |