Although debtor encumbered her el­derly mother-in-law’s home for debtor’s loans and defaulted on a Confessed Judgment Note she signed after the mother-in-law obtained a reverse mort­gage in order to stay in the home, and despite debtor’s “disturbing pattern of fiscally ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Stephen C. St. John U.S. Bankruptcy Court

A lawyer for a chapter 13 debtor who did not timely file an Amended Plan due to her acknowledged “oversight” loses the benefit of the Local Rules’ “No- Look Fee” that presumes a $5,000 fee is reasonable; the Newport News ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Frank J. Santoro U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Debtor’s former wife loses her claim in Richmond U.S. Bankruptcy Court for damages under an Indemnity Provision of the parties’ 2009 Property Settle­ment Agreement, as she failed to show the Indemnity Provision was an agree­ment in the nature of alimony, ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Kevin R. Huennekens U.S. Bankruptcy Court

A Roanoke U.S. Bankruptcy Court sustains debtor’s objection to a $22,112 claim filed by his ex-wife, who has not shown that the parties’ divorce decree created a domestic support obligation in the nature of alimony, maintenance or support, as opposed ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Paul Black U.S. Bankruptcy Court

A debtor who filed her chapter 7 peti­tion indicating she had received the re­quired credit counseling, but whose cer­tificate of credit counseling filed on May 3, 2016, indicated she took the credit counseling course on April 28, 2016, one day ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Rebecca B. Connelly U.S. Bankruptcy Court

An Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court says a chapter 7 debtor may not deduct the mortgage payments for purposes of the means test when debtor intended to surrender the property and make no more mortgage payments, and the court denies the ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Brian F. Kenney U.S. Bankruptcy Court

A realty company selling a debtor’s farm had to forfeit its commission when its auctioneer failed to disclose that he was bidding on the property for his own company while taking bids at the public auction. That omission violated a ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Paul Black U.S. Bankruptcy Court

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court up­holds a bankruptcy court judgment that a state court judgment against husband on a joint credit-card debt could be dis­charged in the couple’s joint bankruptcy but wife’s liability for the debt survived. The bankruptcy court ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

A Chapter 13 debtor who failed to file state income tax returns for certain years cannot reopen her bankruptcy case after the Virgin­ia Department of Taxation attempts to collect her delinquent state taxes; the Alexandria U.S. District Court affirms the ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A U.S. bankruptcy judge has imposed $5,000 in sanctions against a Virginia lawyer and an out-of-state attorney for their handling of two bankruptcy cases in Southwest Virginia. According to court documents, two Virginia lawyers agreed to serve as local bankruptcy ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Paul Black U.S. Bankruptcy Court