17bk35941
Upon an objection to a chapter 13 plan brought by the standing chapter 13 trustee assigned to the matter, wherein the trustee asserted that the plan’s reduction of payments to secured creditors in order to allow debtor’s counsel fees to be paid earlier in the case both...

15bk33812, 16ap00511
Upon a complaint under 11 U.S.C. § 727, wherein denial of the debtor’s discharge is sought for the debtor making false oaths, namely denial of prior ownership of real property, tools and employment at the meeting under 11 U.S.C. § 341, held: While the plaintiff...

16bk30240, 17ap00064
Upon the administrator of a decedent estate’s complaint for determination of nondischargeability of debt pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4) and objection to the debtor’s discharge under alternative grounds in 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(3), (a)(4)(D), (a)(5) and (a)(6)(A),...

15bk31790, 16ap00004
Upon the adversary plaintiff’s complaint for determination of nondischargeability of debt pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A), held: the plaintiff has failed to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the debtor owed a debt to the plaintiff.  The plaintiff...

16bk09485
Upon a debtor’s motion for rule to show cause on alleged violations of the automatic stay, held: The debtor has established the requisite grounds for relief arising from the alleged stay violations only as it relates to creditor’s postconversion conduct. The creditor, the...

14bk14023, 16ap00387
Upon the U.S. trustee’s complaint seeking to deny discharge for the debtor under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(4)(A), wherein the U.S. trustee alleged that the debtor failed to disclose certain assets on her bankruptcy petition, held: The U.S. trustee has not proven by a...

15 B 28696, 16 A 00026
Plaintiff Tillman Enterprises, LLC (“Tillman”) filed a three-count adversary complaint against Todd S. Horlbeck (“Horlbeck”), seeking a determination that a debt owed to it by Horlbeck for alleged securities violations and fraud was not dischargeable pursuant to...

15 B 35985, 17 A 00192
Plaintiff David R. Brown (the “Trustee”) filed an adversary complaint against Robert J. Ferrari (the “Debtor”), seeking a denial of the Debtor’s discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 727(a)(2)(A), (a)(3), and (a)(5).  The Trustee argued that the Debtor was not...

15 B 17676, 16 A 00020
Plaintiff City of Chicago (the “City”) filed an adversary complaint against debtor Ronald Spielman (“Spielman”), seeking a determination that a debt owed to it by Spielman by virtue of a federal district court default judgment was not dischargeable pursuant to...

17-82147
Creditor’s motion to dismiss case under 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)(1), (2) and (3) denied.

17-82800

17-82877
The Court sustained Associated Bank’s objection to confirmation of the Debtor’s proposed plan because the plan did not comply with the “equal monthly amounts” provision of 11 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(5)(B)(iii)(I).

17-81489
The Court sustained the Chapter 7 Trustee’s objection to the Debtor’s claimed exemption of an inherited retirement account because the account did not qualify for the Illinois exemption for retirement plans.

17 B 81746
Creditor’s Motion to Convert Debtors’ Chapter 12 to Chapter 7 is denied for failure to demonstrate fraud in connection with this case as required under §1208(d).

16  B 17113, 17 A 00072
The court ruled in favor of the defendant on allegations that transfers made in satisfaction of merchant cash advance obligations were preferences or constructively fraudulent transfers.

15 B 43653, 16 A 206
The court denied the Debtor a discharge of her student loan debts, finding that she can maintain more than a minimal standard of living if forced to repay them.

18 B 16544

17-bk-06666

 AMENDED - 16 B 2160, 16 A 358

15 B 1145