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  • Pliler v. Browning, No. 13-1445 (4th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - July 26th, 2013

    Type: Amicus
    Date: June 20, 2013
    Description: Whether section 1325(b)(4)(B) created a minimum plan length of sixty months for above-median debtors, and whether the disposable income formula set forth by Congress and reflected on Form 22C could be abandoned if it was inconsistent with income and expenses as reflected on Schedules I and J.
    Result: Affirmed March 28, 2014
    Pliler NACBA amicus

  • Danielson v. Flores (In re Flores), No. 11-55452 (9th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - February 25th, 2013

    Type: Amicus
    Date: January 23, 2013
    Description: Whether applicable commitment period applies to above-median debtor with zero or negative projected disposable income.
    Result: Judgment affirmed, August 29, 2013

    Flores NACBA Amicus

  • In re Bullard, No. 12-54 (B.A.P. 1st Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - November 26th, 2012

    Type: Amicus brief
    Date: November 20, 2012
    Description: Whether Chapter 13 plan that bifurcates residential lien and pays secured portion outside plan and unsecured portion within plan must pay off entire mortgage within five years.
    Result: Judgment affirmed, May 24, 2013, Case dismissed by First Circuit as interlocutory, No. 13-9009 (May 14, 2014); U.S. Supreme Court cert. granted No. 14-116 (Dec. 12, 2014)

    Bullard NACBA amicus

    Bullard BAP 1st Cir opinion

  • Tennyson v. Whaley, No. 09-14628 (11th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - September 4th, 2011

    Type: Amicus
    Date: November 25, 2009
    Description: Whether debtor with negative disposable income on Form 22C must file chapter 13 plan with 60 month applicable commitment period.
    Result: Reversed and remanded. Debtor lost.

    Tennyson NACBA Amicus 11th Cir

    Tennyson 11th Cir opinion

  • In re Kagenveama, No. 06-17083 (9th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - September 3rd, 2011

    Type: Amicus
    Date: June 14, 2007
    Description: Forward looking vs Mechanical approach to projected disposable income and applicable commitment period.
    Result: Affirmed. Debtor won.
    Kagenveama 9th Cir opinion

    Kagenveama NACBA amicus 9th Cir

  • In re Frederickson, No. 07-3391 (8th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - September 3rd, 2011

    Type: Amicus
    Date: January 8, 2008
    Description: Whether applicable commitment period is multiplier or temporal requirement and whether disposable income is projected using schedules I and J.
    Result: Reversed. Supreme Court petition denied March 23, 2009.
    Frederickson 8th Cir opinion

    Frederickson NACBA amicus 8th Cir

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     The Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019 (“HAVEN Act”) excludes certain benefits paid to veterans or their family members from the definition of current monthly income (“CMI”) found in the Bankruptcy Code. The HAVEN Act amends § 101(10A) of the Bankruptcy Code and supplements the 2005 amendments to the Code that excluded other government benefits, such as social security income. 

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