The widowed debtor was entitled to claim a homestead exemption because the exemption for married persons survives death. She could not claim an exemption in her car as a tool of the trade because she was retired and did not use the car to commute to work.

A continuation statement filed more than six months before the expiration of a financing statement was not effective under Neb. U.C.C. § 9-403(3), and perfection of the creditor's secured interest lapsed when the original financing statement expired

Debtor owns an interest in a development company. The debtor's ownership interest is property of the estate, but the development company's assets, when held by the development company, are not assets of the debtor and are not property of its estate

The debtors held capital credits in their local telephone company, which could be paid out only upon the death of a patron or the bankruptcy of a corporation. An individual patron's bankruptcy did not require the company to pay the credits to the trustee

Debtors sued bank under section 522(h) to recover preferences. The loan payments were preferential because the bank's lien had been avoided in the bankruptcy, rendering it unsecured, so the payments caused it to receive more than it otherwise would have

Published at 335 B.R. 428. Under Neb. Rev. Stat. section 25-1563.02, the full amount of a lump-sum or structured settlement as compensation for personal injury is exempt. The statutory language doesn't differentiate between exempt and non-exempt elements of the recovered damages.

Objection to confirmation based on lack of good faith overruled; filing 4 bankruptcy petitions in 6 years is not bad faith under the circumstances. Moreover, debtors are paying all disposable income to plan for 5 years, so plan was proposed in good faith

Summary judgment granted on cause of action under 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(2)(A). The debtors did not respond to the motion or to discovery requests, so the requests for admissions were deemed admitted under Fed. R. Civ. P. 36(a) & Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7036

The court allowed the parties to go forward with state court litigation concerning the debtors' liability on a debt. If the creditor obtained a judgment in that action, then the parties could recommence a non-dischargeability adversary proceeding.

The creditor had a cause of action under § 523(a)(2)(B) for a materially false loan commitment letter on which the creditor relied in extending financing to the debtor. There was a fact issue as to whether the debtor intended to deceive the creditor.