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Posted Oct 1, 2019

“Under Fla. Stat. § 726.110, causes of action arising under section 726.105(1)(a) are extinguished on the later of 4 years after the transfer or 1 year after it could reasonably have been discovered, and causes of action arising under section…

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Posted Sep 25, 2019

“The determination of whether to grant a stay pending appeal is left to the discretion of the Court. If a stay pending appeal is warranted, the Court may condition the stay on the posting of “a bond or other security.”…

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9/13/2019

Bakst v. Dunn 8-31-2019 EPK – “[A] transfer or concealment made with the actual intent to hinder or delay a creditor is sufficient for denial of discharge, even if there is no actual fraudulent intent.” Id. at 109-10 (citing NCNB…

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4/30/2019

Pursuant to the Southern District of Florida Local Bankruptcy Rules 4004-2(B) and 4007-1(B), if a case is dismissed prior to the expiration of the deadline for objecting to discharge and dischargeability and then subsequently reinstated, the new deadline for filing…

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4/24/2019

“The Supreme Court recently ruled that the fraud provision of section 523(a)(2)(A) does not require an explicit misrepresentation, but may arise from circumstances designed by a debtor to deceive a creditor and that are connected to the resulting debt. Husky…

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4/12/2019

ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO DISMISS A CHAPTER 13 PER JUDGE KIMBALL In re: Case No. 18-25207-EPK ANNE-LAURE MARGUERITE MICHELIS, Chapter 13 , “The Court rules that a chapter 13 debtor’s right to voluntarily dismiss the case under section 1307(b) is absolute,…

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Posted Apr 10, 2019

In January 2019, the bankruptcy court in In re: ERIK MARTINEZ found that the homestead exemption was lost since the Debtor rented his home for approximately 2 and a half years prior to filing bankruptcy. Despite the requirement to liberally…

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Posted Apr 9, 2018

2018 WL 1626245, IN RE: EVAN BRIAN CROCKER et al v. NAVIENT SOLUTIONS, LLC and NAVIENT CREDIT FINANCE CORPORATION,(Bankr. S.D. Tex. Mar. 26, 2018), “The Court concludes that § 523(a)(8)(A)(ii) created a new category of nondischargeable debts specifically tailored to…

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Posted Mar 15, 2018

2018 WL 1279252, United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit, IN RE: Tony Dian PERKINS, Debtor. Farmers plan confirmed. Chapter 12 of the Bankruptcy law was to “give family farmers facing bankruptcy a fighting chance to reorganize their…

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Posted Mar 14, 2018

The six year delay between debtor’s chapter 7 discharge and the commencement of his dischargeability adversary proceeding regarding student loans does not require dismissal of the complaint; since there is no explicit time period for commencing an adversary regarding student…

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