Legal Opinion
In Re Turner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 2009No. 08-2163PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Joel Turner filed a petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. With the petition, he submitted— as he was required to do — a plan that would distribute his entire “projected disposable income” to his unsecured creditors in installments. When he filed his plan he was making monthly mortgage payments of $1,521. The mortgage expense of a Chapter 13 such as Turner, whose family income exceeds the median income of families in his state is deducted from his income to determine his “disposable income.” 11 U.S.C. § 1325(b)(1); id,., § 707(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I);…
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