Where a Maryland court entered a judgment against a debtor after he failed to pay his former wife monies owed as a result of their separation and property settlement agreement, and this bankruptcy court held that debt was nondischargeable as ...

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The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia will implement a randomized judge assignment protocol for mega chapter 11 bankruptcy cases next year, according to a Nov. 30 standing order from the court. The order states that ...

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Where a confessed judgment was the result of the debtor originally breaching a payment obligation in his separation agreement, the ex-wife’s complaint plausibly alleged it was nondischargeable as debt “in connection with” a divorce or separation. Background Kent David Burstein ...

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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 ...

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