Legal Opinion
Whaley v. Tennyson (In Re Tennyson)
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 2010No. 09-14628PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents us with a question arising from amendments to Chapter 13 of the United States Bankruptcy Code by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (“BAPCPA”). Pub.L. No. 109-8, 119 Stat. 23. Specifically, we are asked to determine whether an above median income debtor, with negative disposable income, may obtain confirmation of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan to last for less than five years when the debtor’s unsecured creditors have not been paid in full. The answer to this question rests on our interpretation of the term “applicable…
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