Legal Opinion
In Re Greer
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided June 20, 2008No. 07-82720PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMAS L. PERKINS, Chief Judge.
The issue in this case is simply stated: Is a debtor’s postpetition job loss grounds for a reduction in the amount of the monthly payment needed to confirm a Chapter 13 plan over the trustee’s objection? This Court answers that question in the negative. While the passage of BAPC-PA has left bankruptcy courts awash in ambiguity, Congressional intent on this issue is readily discernable from the broad and explicit change effected through the newly defined term “current monthly income” (sometimes referred to as CMI).
When they filed their Chapter 13 petition…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re HardacreUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 2006
- Federal Trade Commission v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- In Re JassUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 2006
- Kibbe v. SumskiBankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2007
- Coop v. Frederickson (In Re Frederickson)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hamilton v. LanningSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- In Re RoyalUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2008
- In Re DeThampleUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas · 2008
- In Re SharpUnited States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois · 2008
- In Re MinahanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · 2008
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