Legal Opinion
Nowlin v. Peake
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 17, 2009No. 08-20066PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER W. ELROD, Circuit Judge:
This bankruptcy case requires us to interpret the phrase “projected disposable income” in 11 U.S.C. § 1325(b)(1) for above-median debtors seeking plan confirmation under Chapter 13. We interpret the phrase to allow consideration of reasonably certain future events by bankruptcy courts. Under this approach, an above-median Chapter 13 debtor’s “projected disposable income” presumptively consists of his statutorily defined “disposable income” mechanically projected into the future for the duration of the plan. This presumption may be rebutted during the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- In Re AlexanderUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. North Carolina · 2006
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