WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 17 granted certiorari in a case involving the question of whether a bankruptcy court has the power to levy a financial charge against a Chapter 7 debtor's residential property, which he has claimed falls under the homestead exemption...

In an unusual move, the Supreme Court granted cert yesterday to consider the petition of a California man who filed a pro se petition for cert seeking to review the decision of a bankruptcy court to surcharge his homestead exemption under section 105. No. 12-5196, Law v. Siegel . The petition for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 26 granted certiorari in a case in which a debtor couple contend that high court review is needed to settle a split in the circuit courts regarding whether Chapter 7 debtors are permitted to exempt money in an inherited individual...

Acknowledging that the statutory language "does not say expressly" what should happen, the Supreme Court nevertheless ruled that undistributed funds held by the Chapter 13 trustee should be returned to the debtor following a conversion. The Court described its result as "the most sensible...