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About BankruptcyRealEstateInsights

Vicki R. Harding was a partner in the Detroit office of Pepper Hamilton LLP who moved to Arizona seeking warmer weather. Ms. Harding continues to handle commercial transactions with an emphasis on real estate and bankruptcy issues (but no longer owns a snow shovel).

Plan Discharge and Injunction Provisions: Creditors Beware

In re Orleans Homebuilders, Inc., 561 B.R. 46 (Bankr. D. Del. 2016) – A reorganized debtor brought a motion in bankruptcy court to enforce a chapter 11 plan of reorganization injunction: It sought a court order directing a residential condominium … Continue reading

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What It Means to Cure a Default: Never Take Anything for Granted, the Rules Can Always Change

Pacifica L 51 LLC v. New Investments Inc. (In re New Investments Inc.), 840 F.3d 1137 (9th Cir. 2016) – The debtor proposed a chapter 11 plan that included curing defaults under a mortgage loan. The lender objected because the … Continue reading

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Bankruptcy Estate: Would the Automatic Stay Protect a Squatter?

In re Castle Service, 560 B.R. 587 (Bankr. D. Utah 2016) – The debtor occupied but did not hold title to the real property where its business was located. A mortgagee seeking to foreclose on the property moved for a … Continue reading

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Property Surrender: Surrender Means Surrender – No If’s, And’s or But’s

Failla v. Citibank, N.A. (In re Failla), 838 F.3d 1170 (11th Cir. 2016) – After chapter 7 debtors filed a statement of intention to surrender their house to their mortgagee, they continued to oppose the lender in a state court … Continue reading

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Deeds: Not All “Freebies” Are Fraudulent

Rodriguez v. Nelabovige (In re Kirst), 559 B.R. 757 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2016) – About a year before filing bankruptcy, a debtor conveyed his interest as a joint tenant in a residential property to his mother-in-law in consideration for $10. … Continue reading

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Broker Commissions: So You Want To Be Paid

Harris v. Scarcelli (In re Oak Knoll Assoc., L.P.), 835 F.3d 24 (1st Cir. 2016) – A real estate broker asserted a claim for a commission in connection with a post-petition sale of property by the debtor. The bankruptcy court … Continue reading

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