The court denied summary judgment on a fraudulent transfer complaint about the debtor’s transfer of his interest in the marital home to his estranged wife. Issues of fact existed as to whether reasonably equivalent value was given for the transfer.

The court recommended the district court deny the defendant's motion to withdraw the reference because the plaintiff's causes of action were either core proceedings or related-to matters which the bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to hear.

Although the defendant in this action to recover alleged preferential & fraudulent transfers demanded a jury trial, he also filed a proof of claim in the bankruptcy case, which subjected him to the bankruptcy court's equitable power and waived a jury.

Under Supreme Court authority and § 1325(a)(5)(B), a plan should provide for the payment of interest to a lender on pre-petition arrearages in order to give the lender the present value of its claim, regardless of whether the loan documents so provide.

The debtor could not claim a state-law exemption in "compensation paid or payable by an employer to an employee for personal services" because the nature and status of the debtor's work was as an independent contractor, rather than as an employee.

U.S. Trustee's motion to dismiss under § 707(b)(3) is granted because debtor appears able to make substantial payments to creditors through a Chapter 13 plan. Debtor's annual bonus should be included in income because he has received it each year.

The debtor objected to several proofs of claim by the same creditor. The court denied some of the claims because the claimant failed to meet his burden of proof in establishing the validity of the claims. Factual issues existed on the other claims, so they were set for trial.

Exempt funds may constitute disposable income to be used to pay unsecured creditors under a Chapter 13 plan if the funds are not necessary for the debtor's support. Here, the exempted personal injury settlement proceeds were not needed for support.

The court granted summary judgment to the debtor in a revocation-of-discharge action brought by a creditor under § 727(a)(6). That section concerns the revocation of a discharge if a debtor refuses to obey a court order. In this case, the document at issue was a stipulation, not an order, so § 727(a)(6) was inapplicable. The plaintiff had standing to bring this action even though it wasn't a party to the stipulation because § 727(c)(1) permits any creditor, trustee or U.S. Trustee to object to discharge.

An unsecured junior lien on the debtor's residential real estate may be avoided after the debtor completes Chapter 13 plan payments. The case law in the Eighth Circuit, interpreting Nobelman, permits wholly unsecured liens to be stripped off.