Debtors deposited more than $19,000 with the clerk of the bankruptcy court and moved to dismiss case. The court granted the dismissal, authorized that $13,000 be paid to the IRS, and approved approximately $10,500 in fees & expenses for debtors' attorney

District court reversed the order granting relief from stay, remanding with directions to develop a record as to whether the irrigation equipment transaction was a sale or a lease, and to decide whether it was necessary for effective reorganization

Reported at 22 B.R. 696. The court interpreted the Nebraska annuity exemption statute, Neb. Rev. Stat. section 44-371 as amended in 1980, to permit the exemption of a maximum amount of $5,000 worth of annuity policies, not $5,000 in each policy

On appeal, the district court reversed the bankruptcy court's decision to dismiss a complaint to bar discharge in debtors' Chapter 7 case; the prior dismissal of a similar complaint in debtors' Chapter 11 case was not res judicata in the subsequent case

Court granted lender's motion for relief from stay because lender wasn't adequately protected & because the land wasn't necessary to an effective reorganization, as debtors had no more than a hope of being able to make money from the farming operation

A Chapter 12 plan confirmation was reversed because debtor's proposal to split a mortgage into two separate liens violates the lien retention requirement of § 1225(a)(5)(B) and impermissibly modifies the creditor's rights contrary to § 1222(b)(2)

A bank-card creditor sought to except credit card debts from discharge, alleging that the debtor defrauded it by using the charge accounts. However, the creditor was unable to prove the debtor acted with "guilty intent" when she incurred the charges

Reported at 12 B.R. 679. Ch. 13 plans can be confirmed when debtors make reasonable efforts to make reasonable payments to creditors, as determined on a case-by-case basis. Legitimate plans can be confirmed even though unsecured creditors receive nothing

A Bankruptcy Act case. A $400 debt for attorney's fees in connection with the debtor's divorce, which he was ordered to pay pursuant to the divorce decree, was not dischargeable because it was considered to be support