Posts in 2016

May 17 A General Timetable for Chapter 7 Case Filings

Consultation and retention of counsel Debtor takes Credit Counseling and provides documents to counsel to prepare petition, ...

Apr 19 Can I Save a Home that I Inherited but that I am Not on the Loan

The general answer is that a client (Debtor) may be able to use bankruptcy reorganization to save a home from foreclosure that he ...

Mar 25 Financial Relief Law Center Attorney Passes State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization Exam

Andy C. Warshaw took the October 2015 Legal Specialist Examination in Bankruptcy Law and was notified in a letter dated March 15, ...

Feb 29 How to Handle Timeshares in Bankruptcy and the Concept of Ongoing, Post-Petition Maintenance Fees

For those of you with timeshares, how we treat them in bankruptcy depends on several factors: What is your goal with the timeshare ...

Feb 17 Using 11 U.S.C. 522(f) to Avoid Judicial Liens

Access to the trustee's avoiding powers assists debtors in achieving the underlying purpose of the exemption statutes-- i.e., to ...

Feb 04 Zachary v. California Bank & Trust: 9th Circuit Overrules In re Friedman, 466 B.R. (9th Cir. BAP 2012) - Absolute Priority Rule Applies in Individual Chapter 11s

Affirming the bankruptcy court’s order sustaining an objection to a chapter 11 plan of reorganization, the panel held that the ...