Debtor’s alimony claim property of bankruptcy estate 
Published: June 7, 2013
Tags: alimony, bankruptcy estate
A Chapter 7 debtor’s prepetition claim against her former spouse for alimony was property of her bankruptcy estate, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment.
Title VII plaintiff liable for taxes from bankruptcy
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 6, 2010
Tags: bankruptcy estate, Discrimination, fraudulent conveyance, tax liability, taxation, Title VII, Wal-Mart
A race discrimination plaintiff was liable for taxes due on a $550,000 jury award that had become property of her bankruptcy estate, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled in affirming a $180,000 deficiency assessment.
Tax refund must be divided pro rata in bankruptcy
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 3, 2010
Tags: bankruptcy estate, Chapter 7, tax refund, taxation
A pro rata portion of a tax refund belonged to a bankruptcy estate for a Chapter 7 petition filed in the middle of the tax year, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Social Security benefits excluded from bankruptcy estate
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 2, 2010
Tags: bankruptcy estate, Social Security Act, Social Security benefits
A bankruptcy estate did not include a payment of Social Security benefits the debtor received shortly before he filed his petition, the 8th Circuit has ruled.
