MEMORANDUM DECISION RE JOHN PAGE'S SECOND AMENDED PROOF OF CLAIM S. MARTIN TEEL, JR., Bankruptcy Judge. Before the court is John Page's claim for $72,000 in severance pay, $10,950 of which he asserts is entitled to priority under 11 U.S.C. 507(a)(4) as "wages, salaries, or commissions, including vacation, severance, and sick leave pay" earned within 180 days before the date of the filing of the petition (Claim No. 1-3 on the Claims Register) and Page's Motion to Allow Second Amended Pre-...
MEMORANDUM DECISION RE CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT S. MARTIN TEEL, JR., Bankruptcy Judge. This addresses the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, the court will avoid the debtor's transfer of his interest in tenants by the entirety property, but will leave intact his wife's transfer of her interest, for whatever, if anything, that avails the defendant. I The debtor, Richard Ross, commenced this adversary proceeding as a debtor-in-possession under...
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER DENYING WADE ROBERTSON'S MOTION TO COMPEL WILLIAM C. CARTINHOUR, JR. TO PROVIDE HIS ATTORNEYS' CONTEMPORANEOUS TIME SHEETS AND BILLING RECORDS FOR THIS BANKRUPTCY CASE S. MARTIN TEEL, JR., Bankruptcy Judge. On May 4, 2012, the court issued an order awarding attorneys' fees in favor of William Cartinhour as a sanction against Wade Robertson for his role in the preparation and filing of frivolous papers on behalf of Ray Connolly (Dkt. No. 278). The order provided...
MEMORANDUM DECISION REMOTION OF 12TH STREET REAL ESTATE, LLC TO DISMISS S. MARTIN TEEL, JR., Bankruptcy Judge. As of the start of the day of June 17, 2011, Gary Stancil and his mother, Delores Stancil, owned property located on 12th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Gary Stancil, as the debtor in possession in a bankruptcy case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.), Case No. 11-00747, has filed a Complaint to Compel Turnover of Real Property as Result of Willful Violation of the...
MEMORANDUM DECISION RE OBJECTION TO EXEMPTIONS S. MARTIN TEEL, JR., Bankruptcy Judge. The chapter 7 trustee has objected to the exemptions claimed by the debtors, Abdeel H. Wade and Lucinda A. Wade. 1 The objection will be sustained in large part. 2 I First, the trustee objects that the exemptions claimed under D.C.Code 15-501(a)(3) are improper to the extent that they exceed $850 per debtor. 3 Under 15-501(a)(3), a debtor may exempt "the debtor's aggregate interest in any property,...
