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Jones Versus Wells Fargo Addresses The Rights Of Debtors In Bankruptcy Part Four »

By Kevin Gipson, New Orleans Bankruptcy Attorney on Oct 27, 2007 in Bankruptcy Cases of Interest, Debt Collector Abuses, Fines and Criminal Restitution, General Bankruptcy Information, Lawyer to Lawyer, Louisiana | 0 Comments

In Part Three of this article we discussed the Court’s findings with respect to whether the charges assessed by Well Fargo, both prepetition and postpetition, violated the bankruptcy stay.
Having performed its analysis and having found many of the charges and fees to be unwarranted and/or unauthorized violations of the stay, the Court then turned its [...]

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Southern District of Texas Court upholds Bankruptcy Court ruling that surcharges for traffic offenses are non-dischargeable »

By Pamela Stewart, Attorney at Law on Oct 23, 2007 in Discharge Violations, Fines and Criminal Restitution, General Bankruptcy Information, Texas | 0 Comments

A debtor was cited on numerous occassions both before and during the pendency of his bankruptcy case for driving while intoxictated, driving without liability insurance, and driving without a valid driver’s license. The citiations resulted in “virtuallly continuous suspension” of debtor’s driver’s license as well as imposition of approximately $6000.00 in surcharges owed to [...]

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