ORDER SUSTAINING OBJECTION TO CONFIRMATION OF PLAN RICHARD D. TAYLOR, Bankruptcy Judge. Before the court is a Chapter 13 Narrative Statement of Plan ("Plan") filed by Roger Dale Johnson, Jr. and Threesa A. Johnson, the debtors ("debtors"), and an Objection to Confirmation of Plan ("Objection") filed by Pamela R. Buck ("Buck"). The parties tried the Plan and Objection on July 6, 2012. Both parties asked to file post-trial briefs. The briefing schedule concluded on August 24, 2012....
OPINION AND ORDER BEN BARRY, Bankruptcy Judge. Before the Court are six objections to claims that exhibit the most common maladies in this area of bankruptcy law. Because the same law applies to each of these objections, the Court will conjoin the objections for its order. The Court has jurisdiction over these objections under 28 U.S.C. 1334 and 28 U.S.C. 157, and the resolution of the objections is a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. 157(b)(2)(B). The following opinion constitutes...
ORDER GRANTING PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT BEN BARRY, Bankruptcy Judge. Before the Court are a motion for summary judgment with attachments that was filed by the plaintiffs, Victor and Regina Coloso, on June 4, 2012; a motion for summary judgment that was filed by the debtors, Allan and Margie Marx, on July 12, 2012, apparently in response to the Colosos' motion for summary judgment; and a response to the debtors' motion for summary judgment filed by the Colosos on July 26, 2012. The Court has...
ORDER BEN BARRY, Bankruptcy Judge. This is a case about reaffirmation agreements; specifically, a reaffirmation agreement entered into between the debtors and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. [Wells Fargo] that was filed with the Court over three years ago. After Wells Fargo attempted to collect the reaffirmed debt, the debtors reviewed the reaffirmation agreement they had voluntarily entered into to determine whether it complied with 11 U.S.C. 524(c), the reaffirmation provisions of the bankruptcy...