The standing chapter 13 bankruptcy trustee for the District of Kansas in Kansas City has moved to a new office at 6330 Lamar, Ste. 110, Overland Park, KS 66202. Phone numbers and email addresses are unchanged. Payments are not accepted at the trustee’s office. Payments to William H. Griffin, Trustee, should be mailed to PO [...]
November 2009
To foreclose on a mortgage in Massachusetts it is standard practice to file an action in the Land Court for a declaration stating that the homeowner isn’t in the active duty military. This is so because a mortgagee has a duty to get a fair sale price at a foreclosure auction. Due to certain protections [...]
Effective tomorrow, December 1, 2009, North Carolina’s Homestead Exemption gets a marked increase. Â The homestead exemption goes from $18,500.00 to $35,000.00 per debtor that can be exempted in real estate used as your primary residence. Â Additionally, if you are over 65 years of age and your spouse (or possibly life partner) with whom you owned [...]
The Boston Bankruptcy Court has moved from North Station to Post Office Square. The new address is John W. McCormack Court House, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 1150, Boston, MA 02109-3945. Boston court hearings and creditor meetings will be held at the new location for the foreseeable future. However, creditor meetings in Chapter 7 cases [...]
In Massachusetts, the answer is yes. There are additional procedures for the foreclosure of junior (second, third, etc.) mortgages, however they can be foreclosed. The practical difficulty is that many junior mortgages are partially or wholly under water. This makes foreclosure all but impossible. In the case of a junior mortgage, there is always a [...]
The Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court recently amended its local rules. The new rules become effective tomorrow, December 1, 2009. The rules, including a red-lined version, can be viewed here. Notable changes include new duties to confer in contested matters and practice changes regarding motions for relief from the automatic stay and objections to proofs of claim.
