Supreme Court Stops Bad Faith Chapter 7 Debtor’s Conversion to Chapter 13
After the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protect Act (BAPCA), the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Mass., et. al., 549 U.S. (2007) will add a chilling effect to an already frigid court. On February 21, 2007, the Court ended the long-standing practice of debtors invoking an “automatic right” […]