Reported at 31 B.R. 79. Under the law in effect on the petition date (prior to the effective date of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981), a debt for child support assigned by the recipient to a third party is dischargeable to the extent of the assignm

On appeal, the district court remanded the matter of a denial of a motion for stay relief. The motion had been denied because debtor moved to convert. However, the motion to convert was subsequently denied, which warranted revisiting the relief motion

An involuntary Ch. 7 was filed against the debtor, which then filed its own Ch. 11. At that point, section 1104(a), rather than section 303(g), became the applicable statute regarding appointment of a trustee. No cause was shown for such an appointment

Reported at 62 B.R. 744. When a debtor is not in default pre-petition, a mortgage creditor cannot rely upon post-petition "defaults" to justify perfecting a security interest in rents and profits and obtain an order sequestering such rents and profits

Court ruled against creditor in false pretense/false representations non-dischargeability action, because none of the evidence indicated that the debtor wrote any of the bad checks issued by his son's business or that he even was involved in the business

The court approved, over objection, application for interim compensation by counsel for the trustee, noting that these cases involve significant assets, some located outside the U.S., and complex claims, requiring much work by the trustee & his attorneys

Court ruled that denial of discharge was unwarranted because debtor's failure to maintain books and records was adequately explained by debtor's desire to deal on a "cash only" basis so judgment creditors couldn't execute against his bank account

An objection to discharge filed on the date set as the last day for doing so is timely filed

On appeal, the district court affirmed the bankruptcy court's order overruling the bank's objection to confirmation alleging improperly claimed exemptions. The bank's argument regarding the debtors' eligibility for Chapter 13 was not timely made

On appeal, the district court affirmed the denial of confirmation of the debtors' Chapter 11 plan because the proposal to pay the creditor's unsecured claim over time with no interest was not fair and equitable, & it violated the absolute priority rule