Bankruptcy Practice Deskbook

Section 5.19 Before Commencement of Case
Section 14.35 Court-Approved Interim Modifications
Section 18.5 Debtor Interview and Meeting of Creditors
Section 5.3 Duration
Section 5.53 Unscheduled Creditor
Section 5.73 Actual Damages
Section 16.7 Contested Liability Doctrine
Section 17.19 Applications
Section 17.15 Voluntary and Involuntary Petitions
Section 7.70 Estimation of Claims
Section 14.28 Breach of Executory Contract After Assumption
Section 13.42 Lien Avoidance Under 11 U.S.C. § 506(a) and (d)
Section 10.3 Codebtor Stay—11 U.S.C. § 1201
Section 3.31 Interests in Real Property
Section 15.4 Nunc Pro Tunc Authorization
Section 3.48 Effect of Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Section 2.24 Adversary Proceedings
Section 3.5 Effect of State Law
Section 7.24 Amendments to Schedules
Section 9.62 Valuation Date
Section 7.72 Equitable Subordination of Claims
Section 9.75 Other Sources
Section 16.10 Property to Which a Tax Lien Attaches
Section 10.19 Postconfirmation Modification
Section 18.13 Chapter 13 Duties
Section 5.58 Scope and Effect of Relief and the Ten-Day Stay Period Following Relief
Section 13.28 United Savings Association v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd.
Section 14.19 Compensating Other Party for Pecuniary Loss From Default
Section 4.19 Burden of Proof
Section 12.2 Prefiling Considerations
Section 6.6 Tax and Other “Trust Fund” Transfers
Section 13.35 Lien Avoidance
Section 13.38 Fraudulent Transfers
Section 3.41 Income
Section 14.8 Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease Must Be in Existence at the Time of the Bankruptcy Filing
Section 2.15 When Is It Available?
Section 6.5 Transfers and the Debtor as Fiduciary
Section 9.11 Who Is Entitled to Notice
Section 18.9 Preventing Delay
Section 9.56 Cram Down
Section 2.30 Complaints and Objections
Section 11.1 General Information
Section 9.1 The Plan—Overview
Section 14.11 Financing Agreements
Section 5.27 Retroactive Perfection of Security Interest and Statutory Liens Under 11 U.S.C. § 546(b)
Section 19.55 Conclusion
Section 7.69 Objections to Claims
Section 3.57 Postpetition Appreciation in Value
Section 5.67 Debtor’s Burden—Act Against Property
Section 3.35 Tenancies by the Entirety
Section 12.1 Introduction and Overview
Section 17.4 Service of Complaint and Summons
Section 9.66 Fair and Equitable Treatment of Class of Unsecured Claims
Section 4.74 Lien Avoidance Based on Exemptions
Section 10.10 Adequate Protection
Section 12.9 Partnership Cases
Section 7.22 Local Rule Considerations
Section 8.44 Effect of Conversion
Section 9.45 Class Nonimpairment
Section 7.77 Immediate Cessation of Business and Powers of Chapter 7 Trustee
Section 3.61 Effect of Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Section 4.2 Difference Between Discharge and Dischargeability
Section 16.19 Fourth Priority Taxes on Wage Claims
Section 4.34 Taxes
Section 6.42 “Strong-Arm” and Other Remedies Incorporating State Law Provisions—11 U.S.C. § 544
Section 16.25 Introduction
Section 3.46 Spendthrift Trust Exception
Section 3.75 Time Limitations
Section 6.26 Actual Intent to Hinder, Delay, or Defraud
Section 11.20 Debtor’s Certification of Completion of Instructional Course Concerning Personal Financial Management
Section 7.9 Earned and Unpaid Wages and Commissions
Section 4.33 Overview of Changes Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Section 19.26 Filing a Bankruptcy Petition
Section 9.16 Classification
Section 13.17 General Considerations
Section 6.2 Preferences—11 U.S.C. § 547
Section 5.34 Presentment and Notice of Dishonor
Section 3.21 Joint Accounts
Section 19.43 Password Simplification
Section 14.16 Standards for Assumption
Section 4.10 Generally
Section 5.37 Licensure as Educational Institution
Section 7.19 Consumer Bankruptcy
Section 3.19 Constructive Trusts
Section 11.6 Regular Income
Section 17.31 Jury Trials
Section 19.53 Check for Errors
Section 13.29 Lack of Equity in Collateral Unnecessary for Reorganization
Section 9.4 Timing
Section 5.38 Actions by Guaranty Agency Under Higher Education Act
Section 12.15 Custodian
Section 9.72 Nonstatutory Elements of Fair and Equitable Test
Section 8.30 Union and Collective Bargaining Agreements
Section 7.44 Exempt Property Based on “Opt Out” Section
Section 17.2 Types of Bankruptcy Proceedings
Section 4.36 Failure to File or Late-Filed Tax Return
Section 17.9 Settlements
Section 11.17 Generally
Section 2.23 Depositions
Section 5.6 All Writs Statute
Section 9.67 Payments Under Plan
Section 5.46 Lawsuits Against Insured Debtors
Section 10.4 Trustee
Section 6.13 Preference Defenses
Section 7.86 Conversion From Chapter 7 to Chapter 11, 12, or 13
Section 3.64 Generally
Section 4.70 Part C—Certification by Debtor’s Attorney (If Any)
Section 10.12 Time
Section 4.5 Secured Creditors
Section 8.28 Key Employee Retention Plan Payments
Section 6.41 Necessary Parties
Section 2.25 Contested Matters
Section 5.48 Abuse of Property
Section 18.20 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)—Abuse
Section 19.4 Portable Document Format
Section 7.71 Reasons to File or Not File Claims
Section 4.47 Fraud or Defalcation of Fiduciary, Embezzlement, or Larceny
Section 9.33 Postpetition Acceptances or Rejections
Section 3.17 Trust Fund Taxes
Section 8.7 Local Rules in the Eastern District
Section 14.6 Franchise Agreements
Section 13.36 “Strong-Arm” Power
Section 6.24 Sovereign Immunity
Section 8.43 Conversion Under 11 U.S.C. § 1112(d)
Section 3.37 Partnership Property and Property of Partners
Section 13.22 Proceeds, Etc. Generated by Prepetition Collateral to the Extent Permitted by Prepetition Agreement and Nonbankruptcy Law or the Equities of the Case
Section 14.29 Assignment of Executory Contract After Assumption
Section 5.4 Acts Against Property of the Estate
Section 8.4 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Section 4.73 Lien Avoidance Based on Value
Section 3.6 Time of Determination
Section 16.17 Second Priority Administrative Expenses
Section 18.8 Ensuring Compliance
Section 10.6 Removal of Debtor-in-Possession
Section 11.25 MOW 2016-1.2 Form, Motion for Post-Confirmation Fees(New Section)
Section 4.52 Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures
Section 19.15 Notice and Service
Section 6.30 Foreclosure Sales as Fraudulent Transfers
Section 13.8 Introduction
Section 8.6 Local Rules in the Western District
Section 5.61 Counterclaims and Offsets by Debtor
Section 14.9 Need for Relief From Automatic Stay to Enforce Contract Rights
Section 7.43 Exemptions
Section 6.22 Payments to Approved Credit Counseling Agencies
Section 5.10 Extensions of Time
Section 3.58 Generally
Section 5.9 Extensions of Deadlines Within a Bankruptcy Proceeding
Section 14.23 Debtor as Lessee
Section 13.24 Overview of the Stay
Section 7.6 Fraudulent Transfers
Section 9.13 Procedures After Approval of Disclosure Statement
Section 18.17 Appointment of Ombudsmen
Section 19.19 Privacy
Section 5.36 Action by Accrediting Agency of Educational Institution
Section 3.74 Generally
Section 17.28 Derivative Standing
Section 11.18 Hardship Discharge
Section 2.21 11 U.S.C. § 341 Meeting of Creditors
Section 3.16 Equitable Interests—Generally
Section 4.46 Debts Not Listed in Schedules
Section 9.27 Disclosure of Certain Payments
Section 17.30 Burdens of Proof
Section 3.39 Personal Property
Section 19.37 Claims
Section 18.2 Supervision of Chapter 7 Panel Trustees
Section 7.48 Homestead
Section 7.60 Consumer Deposits
Section 11.14 Confirmation of the Plan
Section 12.33 Entry of an Order for Relief
Section 15.6 Procedure for Professionals to Be Retained
Section 8.27 Priority Claims
Section 4.35 Taxes of the Kind and for the Periods Specified in 11 U.S.C. § 507(a)(3) and (a)(8)
Section 19.33 Orders
Section 4.61 Property Settlements
Section 7.3 Exemption Planning
Section 13.14 General Considerations
Section 3.78 Abandonment of Property of the Estate
Section 16.20 Eighth Priority Tax Claims
Section 17.29 Third-Party Standing
Section 3.20 Resulting Trusts
Section 14.7 Unexpired Lease
Section 7.23 Filing Fee
Section 2.8 Bankruptcy Courts (Core/Non-Core Matters)
Section 6.15 Ordinary Course of Business
Section 12.30 Trial
Section 3.14 Perishable Agricultural and Commodities Act, 1930
Section 5.5 Other Acts
Section 7.58 Employee Benefit Claims
Section 7.33 Redemption
Section 14.37 Standard for Assumption
Section 7.40 Continuance of Meeting
Section 11.8 Voluntary Act
Section 7.10 Bank Account Balances and Freezing of Accounts
Section 4.31 Collateral Estoppel
Section 2.27 Proofs of Claim
Section 19.45 Filters
Section 9.46 Treatment of Priority Claims
Section 1.2 Chapter-by-Chapter Summary
Section 11.13 Suspensions During the Plan
Section 18.1 Introduction