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2010
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Back in February 2009, Congress had the opportunity to pass sweeping bankruptcy reform that would have allowed judges to modify the terms of mortgages on home residences. The House passed the legislation, but the Senate never took up the debate and the amendments died! At the same time, the fin...
07/09/2010
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A recent published decision by the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that sends Chapter 13 Debtors out into the cold. In this decision (in which I represented the debtor trying to save their home) the BAP held that on the date of filing the Debtor k...
07/09/2010