Creditors failed to comply with Chapter 13 Plan – Mobile Home bankruptcy

In re Berry,582 B.R. 886 (Bankr. D.S.C. 2018)
Student Loan servicer held liable for violating Chapter 13 plan.

Milledge v. Carolina Acceptance (In re Milledge)

Vehicle lender who repossessed and sold Chapter 13 Debtor’s vehicle ordered to pay Debtor the value of the vehicle and Debtor is permitted to move forward with state claims for damages in the bankruptcy court.

The SC Bankruptcy Court held that all of Debtor’s personal injury settlements were protected from the Trustee.  “Testimony established that Debtor had no medical conditions prior to the accident, that he was unmarried, unemployed, and had no minor children living with him. Based on the evidence presented, it appears that the entirety of the settlement proceeds were paid to Debtor as a direct result of the accident, and to compensate him for his bodily injuries. The entire amount of the settlement proceeds are exempt under S.C. Code § 15-41-30(A)(12)(b).”

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rebates and child tax credit payments, are not
disposable income –
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CARES Act, §
1113(b)(1)(B) 11 U.S.C. § 1325(b)(2) Sunset Mar. 27, 2022

 

COVID stimulus payments (recovery tax rebates)
are not property of the estate –
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NCLC’s Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice §
2.5.6

CAA, div. FF, tit.
10, § 1001(a) 11 U.S.C. § 541(b)(11) Sunset Dec. 27, 2021

Divorce: Violation of the Automatic Stay

Mobile Home Strip Down Valuation

Creditors failed to comply with Chapter 13 Plan – Mobile Home bankruptcy

In this South Carolina bankruptcy case the Chapter 13 plan provided that

“[s]ecured creditors paid the full secured claim provided for by this plan shall timely satisfy and liens in the manner required by applicable law or order of this Court.” Section 56-19-680 of the South Carolina Code provides the procedures for a lienholder to satisfy a security interest in a manufactured home. Specifically, this section provides that “[u]pon satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle[, including manufactured homes with certificates of title,] for which the certificate of title is in possession of the lien holder, he shall, within ten days after demand, and in any event, within thirty days, execute a release of his security interest . . .”

After the Debtors received a Discharge, the mortgage creditor had still not sent the title. So the Debtor filed a Motion for Contempt seeking a release or satisfaction of the lien on its Manufactured Home and requested attorney’s fees and expenses.

The Court granted the Motion, ordering the mortgage creditor to release the lien on the Manufactured Home and deliver its title to Debtors and pay attorney’s fees and costs within ten (10) days of its entry. The Order provided that if the creditors failed to timely comply, a sanction of $100.00 per day would apply and continue to accrue until such time the creditor complied.

The creditor continued to fail to comply. The creditor then failed to appear at a Rule to Show Cause as to why they had not complied. All relief was granted to the Debtors and additional sanctions were ordered against the creditor.