Best of ABI 2019: The Year in Consumer Bankruptcy

About the Editor

• ABOUT THE EDITOR

Acknowledgments

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction

• INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 By the Numbers

• CHAPTER 1 BY THE NUMBERS
• CHAPTER 1, A. Discharge Rates in Chapter 13
• CHAPTER 1, B. Increasing Access to Chapter 13: The Statutory Debt Limitations
• CHAPTER 1, C. Too Broke for a Fresh Start

Chapter 2 Threshold Issues To Filing

• CHAPTER 2 THRESHOLD ISSUES TO FILING
• CHAPTER 2, A. Only a Causal Connection Should Trigger the 180-Day Bar Necessary to Prevent Abusive Repeat Filings
• CHAPTER 2, B. Particularly Prickly Pre-Petition Problems
• CHAPTER 2, C. Section 109(g)(2) Requires Only a Sequential Analysis for Purposes of Eligibility After a Voluntarily Dismissed Case

Chapter 3 Emerging Issues In Law and Practice

• CHAPTER 3 EMERGING ISSUES IN LAW AND PRACTICE
• CHAPTER 3, A. All Bark and No Bite? Pets as Collateral for Secured Loans
• CHAPTER 3, B. Circuit Splits and Other Hot Topics in the Consumer Arena
• CHAPTER 3, C. Examining Subjective, Unreasonable Good Faith and the Discharge Injunction
• CHAPTER 3, D. HAVEN Act's Amendment to CMI
• CHAPTER 3, E. Protecting Disabled Veterans in Need of Financial Assistance
• CHAPTER 3, F. The Case for Abolishing the "Wet Ink" Signature Requirement

Chapter 4 Chapter 13 Plan Confirmation and Discharge

• CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 13 PLAN CONFIRMATION AND DISCHARGE
• CHAPTER 4, A. Cross-Collateralization and a Debtor's Options Under § 1325(a)(5)
• CHAPTER 4, B. Denying Chapter 13 Discharges for Direct-Payment Defaults
• CHAPTER 4, C. Dischargeability of Nonpriority Taxes for Late-Filed Tax Return
• CHAPTER 4, D. Does the Bankruptcy Code Allow Tiered Chapter 13 Plans?
• CHAPTER 4, E. Fail to Make Direct Payments to Secured Creditors? Discharge OK
• CHAPTER 4, F. Fail to Make Direct Payments to Secured Creditors? No Discharge
• CHAPTER 4, G. The Interplay Between SSDI and the Good-Faith Requirement in the Chapter 13 Plan-Confirmation Standard

Chapter 5 The State of the Chapter 13 Estate

• CHAPTER 5 THE STATE OF THE CHAPTER 13 ESTATE
• CHAPTER 5, A. Post-Confirmation Plan Modification and Income Changes
• CHAPTER 5, B. Return of Vehicles Seized Before a Chapter 13 Filing
• CHAPTER 5, C. The State of the Chapter 13 Estate: Miseducation of §§ 1306 and 1327

Chapter 6 Slaying the Student Loan Monster

• CHAPTER 6 SLAYING THE STUDENT LOAN MONSTER
• CHAPTER 6, A. Arbitrability of Student Loan Dischargeability
• CHAPTER 6, B. Game of Loans: Is Student Debt Forgiveness Coming?
• CHAPTER 6, C. Should Congress Abrogate Brunner's Criteria for Determining "Undue Hardship" Under § 523(a)(8)?
• CHAPTER 6, D. There's Trouble in River City, and It's Not a Pool Hall

Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Practice Trends

• CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 7 PRACTICE TRENDS
• CHAPTER 7, A. Trustee Avoidance Cases to Recover Debtor Payments for Their Children's Education
• CHAPTER 7, B. Disclosure of Bifurcation and Financing in Chapter 7 Cases

Chapter 8 Ethical Dilemmas

• CHAPTER 8 ETHICAL DILEMMAS
• CHAPTER 8, A. Filing Fee Waivers in Chapter 7s
• CHAPTER 8, B. Client Says "Go," Just Say "No": Ethics and the Automatic Stay
• CHAPTER 8, C. The Terminator Argument : The Duty of Competence in Using Artificial Intelligence

Chapter 9 Evidence and Procedure

• CHAPTER 9 EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE
• CHAPTER 9, A. I Lost; Should I Appeal Now?
• CHAPTER 9, B. Is Under Oath Enough?
• CHAPTER 9, C. Good-Faith Affirmative Defenses and the "At Issue Doctrine"