Motion for Judgment on Pleadings re Adversary Complaint Seeking Declaration re Estate Property under Section 541(d)

Objection to Subchapter V Designation

Motion to Dismiss Involuntary Petition

Motion to Dismiss Chapter 7 Case of Deceased Debtor

Objection to Late-Filed Claim

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law re Complaint to Deny Discharge per 11 U.S.C. §§ 727(a)(2) and 727(c)(1)

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The court awarded Debtor $2,500 after creditors violated the discharge injunction by sending two Wage Deduction Notices to Debtor. Debtor’s attorney submitted a Petition for Attorney Fees and Costs totaling $57,057.90. The court denied this petition as fees were reasonable...

24bk16719
The court denied motion to vacate sanctions order for violation of the discharge injunction and set the matter for hearing on damages. The creditor and law firm that the court found in violation of the discharge injunction continued to send notices of garnishment to the...

25bk01345
After a multi-day trial that revealed several instances of gross mismanagement, selfdealing, and a serious conflict of interest, the court found that appointing a chapter 11 trustee was appropriate under section 1104(a) of the bankruptcy code.

24bk18092, 25ap00028
Motion to dismiss state court confessed judgment is granted as the confessed judgment was void. The document in which the confessed judgment was contained did not contain the amount that was being confessed.

24bk05142
The court sustained Debtor’s objection to late-filed claim. Creditor, who previously registered through the Bankruptcy Noticing Service for email service, is deemed to have proper service via email if the email notice does not “bounce back”.

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The court denied the Trustee’s motion to modify the Debtor’s chapter 13 plan. The Debtor was involved in a motor vehicle accident and was injured. Afterwards, the Debtor hired a personal injury attorney and amended his Schedules to disclose the personal injury claim. The...

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The court denied the debtor’s motion to voluntarily dismiss his chapter 7 case. The chapter 7 filing was the debtor’s third bankruptcy petition in the last year. Although the schedules filed in this and the prior cases were less than complete, the debtor is the owner of multi...

24 B 1529
Debtors filed for relief under chapter 11 on the second day of the month.  They had not paid the rent for several nonresidential real property leases that came due on the first day of the month.  Eventually, the landlords filed applications for administrative expense claims...

25 B 16542
Debtor sought waiver of his filing fee.  The court denied the application, and Debtor filed a motion for reconsideration.  HELD: The standard for waiver of a chapter 7 debtor's filing fee is found in 28 U.S.C. § 1930(f)(1).  The court must determine whether a debtor's income...

23 A 20
Plaintiffs hired Defendant as a general contractor to build a house.  In the middle of construction, they discovered that the sworn statements he had been sending with his draw requests were not accurate.  Before they could obtain a judgment in state court, Defendant filed for...

24-08259
A chapter 13 debtor’s case was dismissed with prejudice and he was denied a discharge of his existing debts in this case and in any future bankruptcy case.

The debtor purchased a home worth $860,000. He transferred it to a trust and later to his wife for no...

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Upon the motion of mortgage creditor/foreclosure sale purchaser for relief from the automatic stay, asserting both that a debtor’s investment real estate was no longer part of the estate following a prepetition foreclosure sale and, alternatively, that cause existed under 11...

24bk13074, 24ap00405
On a complaint by the Plaintiff seeking a determination of nondischargeability under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a) on a debt arising out of the failure to return the security deposit for a short-term property rental, held:  The Plaintiff is owed a debt of $19,644 plus...

22 B 03672, 24 A 00229
Frank J. Kokoszka, chapter 7 trustee (the “Trustee”) for the estate of Gamal S. Naguib and Analida Naguib (the “Debtors”), filed an adversary complaint against the Debtors’ children Deborah Naguib and James Anthony and their businesses Selective Liquors LLC and...