public assistance benefit overpayment

The bankruptcy court erred in permitting the debtors to modify their chapter 13 plan to deprioritize the State of Wisconsin’s claim based on a public assistance overpayment, where the only authority for such modification would come from Rule 60(b)(1) and the debtors sought the modification too late to rely on that Rule. In the Matter of Terrell, No. 21-3059 (7^th Cir. July 12, 2022). [Read more…] about Debtors May Not Modify Plan to Deprioritize State’s Claim