By Scott Riddle Posted in Northern District CasesIn In re Jimerson, Ch. 13 Case No. 16-60838, 2017 WL 393675 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. January 26, 2017 (Basier, J.) (click here for .pdf of opinion), the debtor’s property had been sold at a tax sale for non-payment of Fulton County property taxes. The purchaser at the tax sale sent the appropriate Barment Notice providing… Continue Reading
By Scott Riddle Posted in Miscellaneous CasesFrom our neighbors to the west in Alabama, the issue before the Court in In re Atchison, 557 B.R. 818 (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 2016) was whether a debtor can modify the secured claim of a lender where the security is a manufactured home that serves as the debtor’s residence. Section 1322(b)(2) provides: “the plan may… Continue Reading
By Posted in Middle District CasesBy: Scott B. Riddle, Esq. In In re Adams, Ch. 13 Case No. 06-51651, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 616 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. March 1, 2007)(Hershner), the debtor husband purchased a new vehicle within 910 days of the filing of his Chapter 13 petition. In his plan, Debtor proposed to bifurcate the secured lender’s claim into secured… Continue Reading
By Scott Riddle Posted in Middle District CasesBy: Scott B. Riddle, Esq. In In re Adams, Ch. 13 Case No. 06-51651, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 616 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. March 1, 2007)(Hershner), the debtor husband purchased a new vehicle within 910 days of the filing of his Chapter 13 petition. In his plan, Debtor proposed to bifurcate the secured lender’s claim into secured… Continue Reading
