objection to claim; rule 2004 examination; mortgage; assignment; challenge; Newman v. Real Time Resolutions, 994 N.W.2d 852 (Mich. App. 2022); claim allowance; 11 U.S.C. § 502(a); 11 U.S.C. § 1307(b); 11 U.S.C. § 1327(a); default
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Chief Judge Scott W. Dales Opinions
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Chief Judge Scott W. Dales
chapter 7; Motion for Turnover; real estate; settlement; Writs of Continuing Garnishment; M.C.L. § 600.3201 et seq; restitution; 18 U.S.C. § 3613; United States v. Robinson (In re Robinson), 764 F.3d 554 (6th Cir. 2014); 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1); 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(6); property of the estate; entireties property; r M.C.L. § 557.71; 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(7)
Relief from Stay; proof of service; Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7004(a)(9); statement of intention; reaffirmation agreement; 11 U.S.C. § 362(h)(1)(B); Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b); West v. Carpenter, 790 F.3d 693 (6th Cir. 2015); Zagorski v. Mays, 907 F.3d 901 (6th Cir. 2018); 11 U.S.C. § 522(c)(2); 11 U.S.C. § 362(h); 11 U.S.C. § 521(a)(2); In re Smith, 999 F.3d 452 (6th Cir. 2021); M.C.R. 3.105 (Claim and Delivery)
Summary Judgment
Rule 12(c)
Non-dischargeable debt
11 U.S.C. § 523(a)
11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4)-(5)
Debt for fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity
Debt incurred for embezzlement committed by the debtor
Debt that is non-dischargeable as domestic support obligation
11 U.S.C. § 1328(a)
11 U.S.C. § 101(14A)(A)-(D)
11 U.S.C. § 101(5)
11 U.S.C. § 506(a)(1)
11 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(1), (a)(5), and (a)(7)
11 U.S.C. § 553(a)
Chapter 13
Contempt
Taggart v. Lorenzen
Show Cause
11 U.S.C. § 362(k)
11 U.S.C. § 1306(a)(2)
11 U.S.C. § 1306(b)
Bankruptcy Rule 9020
Bankruptcy Rule 9014
Bankruptcy Rule 7062
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b)
11 U.S.C. § 542
18 U.S.C. § 3057
The Plaintiffs did not consummate the purchase and the Defendant-Debtor Gina Marie Jones ( Defendant ),1 to whom they tendered the Deposit, refused to return it. , and Michigan Administrative Rule 125.1403, the Deposit the Plaintiffs tendered to the Defendant comprised the res of the statutory trust upon which the Plaintiffs premised their fiduciary breach claim. With respect to consumer deposits, the Act provides that a manufactured home dealer, such as the Defendant, shall not: (b) ...