For purposes of a Chapter 12 plan, the valuation date is the confirmation date. The Wichmann rate is the appropriate interest rate. Its 2% risk factor takes operating costs into consideration without the necessity of an individual analysis in each case

Chapter 7 debtors have an absolute right under § 706(a) to convert their case to Chapter 13 if they are eligible for such relief. A creditor opposed to the conversion may object to plan confirmation or move for stay relief in the Chapter 13, if grounds ex

Defendants who operated as debtors in possession improperly bid at foreclosure sale of estate property, which under the circumstances breached their fiduciary duty. No sanctions, beyond extreme disappointment, were imposed on debtors' counsel.

The court ruled against the plaintiff debtors in a fraudulent transfer action against a lender that sold their real estate at a trust deed sale, finding that the $30,000 sales price was reasonably equivalent to the fair market value of $35,000 to $40,000

Debtors missed a Chap. 11 plan payment, so creditor moved for relief from stay. Court found that automatic stay terminated upon confirmation, and further found that debtor couldn't modify the plan because it had been substantially consummated

A pre-petition judgment that did not attach to any property did not become a lien. It was an unsecured claim as of the Chapter 7 petition date and was discharged and rendered void. It could not thereafter attach to property acquired post-discharge.

After an extensive discussion of the nature of "suspension of corporate powers" under California corporate law, the court determined that the corporate judgment-holder had standing to file claim, but a shareholder did not

Homestead exemption in travel trailer permitted because it was attached to utilities and therefore "permanently annexed" to the land

Debtor wife claimed in-lieu-of-homestead exemption in jointly held property. Creditor objected, arguing that only half of the property was exempt. Court permitted exemption, because joint tenant owns an undivided interest in the whole of the property

Further claims litigation is necessary before the court can determine whether the attorneys' fees of the original claimholder should appropriately be included as part of the current claimholder's claim under 11 U.S.C. section 506(b)