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	<title>WWR Bankruptcy &#62; Your Bankruptcy News &#38; Information Source &#187; Chapter 13</title>
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		<title>Judge Sanctions Debtor Attorneys for Bad Faith Claim Objections</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2011/11/21/judge-sanctions-debtor-attorneys-for-bad-faith-claim-objections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Kellner-Swick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proof of Claim]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Damian A. Valladares, Esq. There has been a new and important development in bankruptcies in the Southern District of Florida on the subject of objections to creditors&#8217; Proofs of Claims. Responding to what he perceived to be a pervasive practice among debtors&#8217; attorneys, last week Judge John K. Olson of the Fort Lauderdale Division, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telephone Scam Affects Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Cases Filed in Michigan</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2011/04/21/telephone-scam-affects-chapter-13-bankruptcy-cases-filed-in-michigan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Yunghans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankrupcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telephone scam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently debtors in chapter 13 cases in the Western District of Michigan have reported receiving phone calls from a person claiming to represent the trustee.  The person then instructs the debtor to make trustee payments to a different P.O. Box which is not the correct payment address.  The person also requests personal information from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attacking Confirmation Orders Post-Espinosa</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2011/04/19/attacking-confirmation-orders-post-espinosa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monette Cope</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy provisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confirmation order]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hope was extinguished for creditors who would seek to overturn illegal provisions in confirmed Chapter 13 plans by the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Espinosa.[1] There, the Court upheld an order confirming a plan that stated all student loans would be discharged upon the debtor’s Chapter 13 discharge even though the provision was illegal – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Spouses Cannot Strip Mortgage Liens in Bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2011/04/13/when-spouses-cannot-strip-mortgage-liens-in-bankruptcy/</link>
		<comments>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2011/04/13/when-spouses-cannot-strip-mortgage-liens-in-bankruptcy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monette Cope</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lien stripping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strip lien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tenancy by the entirety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wholly unsecured liens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous advisory, titled “Lien Stripping Prohibited if Debtor is Ineligible for Discharge”, the discussion centered on emerging case law that prohibits a debtor from stripping liens on wholly unsecured mortgage claims when that debtor is ineligible for a Chapter 13 discharge.  A recent case out of the Northern District of Illinois Bankruptcy Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lien Stripping Prohibited If Debtor Is Ineligible For Discharge</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2011/04/07/lien-stripping-prohibited-if-debtor-is-ineligible-for-discharge/</link>
		<comments>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2011/04/07/lien-stripping-prohibited-if-debtor-is-ineligible-for-discharge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monette Cope</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2005 BAPCPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lien stripping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage liens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unsecured liens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 13 debtors who are ineligible for a discharge may not strip mortgage liens, even if the liens are wholly unsecured. This is a growing consensus among a majority of bankruptcy courts, and is a result of the interplay between two Bankruptcy Code provisions enacted in the 2005 BAPCPA amendments. The first provision is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Judiciary Committee Approves National Loss Mitigation Program in Bankruptcy Cases</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2011/04/06/senate-judiciary-committee-approves-national-loss-mitigation-program-in-bankruptcy-cases/</link>
		<comments>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2011/04/06/senate-judiciary-committee-approves-national-loss-mitigation-program-in-bankruptcy-cases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hochheiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loss Mitigation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On April 5, 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill to establish a National Loss Mitigation Program in Bankruptcy Cases. By a vote of 10-8, the bill sponsored by Senator Whitehouse of Rhode Island will move onto the Senate. Senate Bill 222 will allow bankruptcy judges under 11 USC 105 to establish loss mitigation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Adopts “Forward-Looking” Approach to Define Projected Disposable Income When Calculating Chapter 13 Repayment Plans</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/07/01/supreme-court-adopts-%e2%80%9cforward-looking%e2%80%9d-approach-to-define-projected-disposable-income-when-calculating-chapter-13-repayment-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Yunghans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2005 BAPCPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forward looking approach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[means test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mechanical approach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[projected disposable income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repayment plans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Congress amended the Bankruptcy Code in 2005, they implemented the means test.  The purpose of the means test was to provide a higher return of funds to unsecured creditors.  The test requires debtors filing chapter 13 bankruptcy to pay all “projected disposable income” into the plan.  Projected disposable income is a calculation of all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy &amp; The Economy: A Valuable Session</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/05/06/bankruptcy-the-economy-a-valuable-session/</link>
		<comments>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/05/06/bankruptcy-the-economy-a-valuable-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 18:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hochheiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loan modification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seminar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William J. O'Neill Regional Bankruptcy Institute]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cleveland, Ohio &#8211; May 6, 2010 The William J. O&#8217;Neill Regional Bankruptcy Institute, a part of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, is conducting a bankruptcy seminar offering an entertaining and comprehensive approach to the latest and best in the bankruptcy and insolvency arenas at the Marriott at Key Tower on May 12 and 13.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sixth Circuit Rules That Negative Equity Is Purchase Money</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/26/sixth-circuit-rules-that-negative-equity-is-purchase-money/</link>
		<comments>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/26/sixth-circuit-rules-that-negative-equity-is-purchase-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Yunghans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motor Vehicle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6th Circuit Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cramdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[negative equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purchase money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 24, 2010 the Sixth Circuit Court of appeals which covers Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee, in line with a recent decision in the Seventh and past decisions of the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, ruled that negative equity is purchase money and cannot be crammed down through bankruptcy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Chapter 13 Plans That Depend on HAMP Modification</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/25/beware-of-chapter-13-plans-that-depend-on-hamp-modification/</link>
		<comments>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/25/beware-of-chapter-13-plans-that-depend-on-hamp-modification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monette Cope</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeowners Affordable Modification Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affidavid of Hardship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Request for Modification]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The bills in both the House and Senate which would have allowed bankruptcy judges to modify the terms of certain mortgages died long ago.  However, one prominent Chapter 13 bankruptcy trustee is promoting his own version of reform by promoting the use of HAMP (Homeowners Affordable Modification Program) in concert with a Chapter 13 bankruptcy.  [...]]]></description>
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