Benchnotes June 2023
Benchnotes By Christina Sanfelippo, Aaron M. Kaufman and Bradley D. Pack Second Circuit Limits Who May Assert a Cure Claim Under § 365(b)(1)(A) The Second Circuit recently held that a creditor who seeks to assert a “cure claim” under § 365(b)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy
Complications of Interstate Exemption Law and Marriage
Complications of Interstate Exemption Law and Marriage By Edward Boltz and Lori Patton The consumer bankruptcy exemption scheme has always been complicated. Even when the whole nation operated under 11 U.S.C. § 522, each state had the option to decline the use of
Clark v. Rameker Didn’t Say that All Inherited IRAs Aren’t Exempt
In Section 522(b)(3), Congress made sure that ‘retirement funds’ are exempt in bankruptcy even if they aren’t exempt in states that don’t permit federal exemptions.
Survivor’s Benefits Under a Pension Plan Might Not Become Estate Property
Unlike Clark v. Rameker, where an inherited IRA wasn’t exempt, the inheritance of benefits under a pension plan might not become estate property under Section 541(c)(2).