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· 6/27/1996

In Re David Michael Freeman and Genevieve Bizzell Freeman, Debtors. Genevieve Bizzell Freeman v. Suzanne C. Schulman, Trustee

Citations

  • 86 F.3d 478
  • 36 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 87
  • 78 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5131
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 15321
  • 1996 WL 350713

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a Chapter 13 debtor’s tax refund, though generated by pre-petition income and exempt under state law, could still be disposable income
  • holding that exempt social security disability benefits are included under a § 1325(b) analysis
  • finding income tax refunds and consistent over-withholdings should be included as income
  • “The plain language of the statute makes no express or implied reference to the exempt status of income .... ”
  • “The plain language of [§ 1325(b)] makes no express or implied reference to the exempt status of income under state law.”
  • exempt disability payments were disposable income

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Judges: Merritt, Boggs, O'Meara

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