Means Test Form Controls Unless Significant Changes in Circumstances

B22C CONTROLS UNLESS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES
In re Lanning, Case No. 06-41037
May 2007, Judge Karlin

Over the Chapter 13 Trustee’s objection, the Court confirmed the plan because of significant changes in circumstances at the time of filing that caused Line 58 on B22C to be higher than what the debtor could afford to pay. BAP and 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed, Petition for Cert to U.S. Supreme Court pending. Lanning controls in Judge Karlin’s court, until, if and when, the decision is overturned.

Digest by:  Jan Hamilton, Trustee

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4 Responses to Means Test Form Controls Unless Significant Changes in Circumstances
  1. [...] for purposes of determining Current Monthly Income (CMI), but followed Judge Karlin’s Lanning decision in determining what constituted Projected Disposable Income (PDI). This is a good read of the [...]

  2. [...] of the law, as of the date of the issuance of the opinion. Judge Nugent applied the reasoning of Lanning, but on the expense side, rather than the income side, of the equation. He also disagreed with [...]

  3. [...] extended the Lanning analysis and found there was no binding precedent on the issue of whether actual of 22C expenses [...]

  4. [...] 07-22927 December 2008, Judge Somers This decision ties to the concepts enunciated in the various Lanning decisions, i.e., to what extent may post petition changes in circumstances be considered in [...]

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