A debtor may not require a secured creditor to take title to surrendered property. However, the creditor’s failure to object to the transfer of title may be construed as acceptance of the deed. In re Rose, No. 12-40743 (Bankr. W. D. N.C. July 8, 2014). The issue came before the court on the debtors’ motion to quitclaim the deed to their residence to the mortgagee, Small Business Association (SBA). [Read more…] about No Compelled Title Transfer for Surrendered Property. But . . .
Replacement Value Governs Value of Surrendered Vehicle
Under section 506(a)(2), replacement value rather than foreclosure value is the proper measure of property securing an allowed claim where the debtor plans to surrender the property under section 1325(a)(5)(C). Santander Consumer USA v. Brown, No. 13-13013, — F.3d —-, 2014 WL 1245266 (11th Cir. March 27, 2014). [Read more…] about Replacement Value Governs Value of Surrendered Vehicle
Court Erroneously Applies Lanning to Find Presumption of Abuse in Chapter 7
The district court for the Eastern District of North Carolina was asked to revisit its previous decision that a chapter 7 debtor may take secured payment deductions on property he intends to surrender. Krawczyk v. Lynch (In re Krawczyk), No. 12-643 (E.D. N.C. June 17, 2013). The bankruptcy court had concluded that intervening Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit decisions rendered that finding incorrect. In re Krawczyk, No. 11-0956-8-JRL, 2012 WL 3069437 * 5 (Bankr. E.D. N.C. July 27, 2012) (relying on Hamilton v. Lanning, 130 S. Ct. 2464 (2010); Ransom v. FIA Card Services, 131 S.Ct. 716, 178 L.Ed.2d 603 (2011); In re Quigley, 673 F.3d 269 (4th Cir. 2012)). The district court agreed that the debtor could not take the deductions and that, therefore, the petition was presumptively abusive under section 707(b)(2)(A). [Read more…] about Court Erroneously Applies Lanning to Find Presumption of Abuse in Chapter 7
Court Orders Quitclaim of Surrendered Property
The Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina found a unique way to deal with the problem of surrendered property that the mortgagee refused to foreclose upon. It authorized the debtor to convey the property via quitclaim deed to the mortgagee upon continued failure to accept title. In re Perry, No. 12-1633, 2012 Bankr. LEXIS 4731 (Bankr. E.D. N.C. Oct. 9, 2012). [Read more…] about Court Orders Quitclaim of Surrendered Property
Creditor Found to Have No Obligation to Foreclose on Surrendered Property
The District Court for the Southern District of Georgia found that a bank has no affirmative duty under section 1325(a)(5)(C) to transfer title to surrendered property out of the debtor’s name. Arsenault v. JP Morgan Chase, No. 11-106 (S.D. Ga. Aug. 27, 2012). [Read more…] about Creditor Found to Have No Obligation to Foreclose on Surrendered Property