The passage of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) has been the subject of most of the articles in the Consumer Corner column of this Journal for the past year. Much of the discussion has focused on …

In In re Jones, 327 B.R. 297 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2005), Bankruptcy Judge Jeff Bohm addressed a motion by the chapter 7 trustee to deny the debtor's discharge based on a failure to keep and preserve financial records. The chapter 7 trustee had…

Editor's Note: See Related Article on p. 10. (Legislative Update) Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) significantly changes chapter 11 cases of individuals. After reviewing how chapter 11 works in an individual'…

Editor's Note: Part I was published in the May 2006 issue and Part II was published in the June 2006 issue of the ABI Journal. With an understanding of how post-confirmation fees and charges can arise and why no attempt to collect those fee…