DECISION JAMES E. SHAPIRO, Bankruptcy Judge. MMCC Financial Corporation ("MMCC") holds a purchase money security interest in a 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan automobile ("automobile") which had been purchased by Joshua and Amy Hingiss ("debtors") on June 1, 2007. On August 18, 2009, the debtors filed a chapter 13 petition in bankruptcy (Case No. 09-31856) ("first case") which was assigned to Judge Pepper of this district. At the time the first case was filed, the automobile had been purchased less...
DECISION AND ORDER ON TRUSTEE'S OBJECTION TO CONFIRMATION SUSAN V. KELLEY, Bankruptcy Judge. "Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund." F.J. Raymond. This Court has encountered a series of cases demonstrating just how precious the annual tax refund is to a Chapter 13 debtor. See, e.g., In re Spraggins, 386 B.R. 221 (Bankr.E.D.Wis.2008); In re Stimac, 366 B.R. 889 (Bankr.E.D.Wis.2007). In this case, the Court again is asked to...
