MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER BEN BARRY , Bankruptcy Judge . Before the Court are the debtors' Adversary Complaint to Determine Validity of Secured Status Under 11 U.S.C. 506, Violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Related Matters filed on July 13, 2015, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC's Motion to Dismiss Complaint and Incorporated Brief in Support filed on August 11, 2015. The Court initially set the motion to dismiss by Nationstar Mortgage LLC [Nationstar] for hearing...
ORDER SUSTAINING OBJECTION TO CLAIM OF IRS BEN T. BARRY , Bankruptcy Judge . Before the Court are the Objection to Tax Claim filed by the debtor on September 13, 2016, and the Answer to Debtor's Objection to Tax Claim filed by the United States of America [IRS] on October 13, 2016. The Court heard the objection and response on November 29, 2016, and at the conclusion of the hearing, took the matter under advisement. For the reasons stated below, the Court sustains the debtor's...
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PARTICIPATING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS BEN T. BARRY , Bankruptcy Judge . Before the Court is the Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Corrected and Substituted First-Amended Complaint and Memorandum in Support Thereof filed by the "Participating Defendants" on July 1, 2016; the Plaintiff's Opposition to Participating Defendants' Motion to Dismiss filed by the trustee on July 29, 2016; and the Participating Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion...
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO REOPEN BEN T. BARRY , Bankruptcy Judge . Before the Court is the debtor's Motion to Reopen Case that was filed on May 20, 2016. The stated purpose for reopening the case is to add an omitted creditor, Brandy Allen, to the debtor's schedules and file a complaint to determine the dischargeability of a debt. According to the creditor, she was not aware of the debtor's bankruptcy case until her attorney was served a copy of the debtor's motion to reopen in May 2016....