Legal Opinion
In Re Brooks
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided March 8, 2000No. 19-01928PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION REGARDING VALIDITY OF PREPETITION ASSIGNMENT OF STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT RIGHTS
JAMES D. GREGG, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Creditor Settlement Funding LLC, d/b/a Peachtree Settlement Funding (“Settlement Funding”), objects to confirmation of the chapter 13 plan of debtors Derek and Sheria Brooks (collectively “debtors”) on three grounds. The objections all stem from Mr. Brooks’s attempted unilateral nullification of a prepetition assignment of his right to receive periodic payments under a structured settlement agreement. The debtors contend that the assignment is invalid and…
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