“TRANSFORMATION” RULE AND NEGATIVE EQUITY DISCUSSED; GAP INSURANCE, SERVICE CONTRACT NOT PART OF COLLATERAL In re Miller, Case No 08-40935 December 2008, Judge Karlin Debtor sought, and was permitted, to pay only the cost of the car, rather than cost plus other charges. Court did not rule on whether certain fees not adequately addressed by…
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GAP insurance, service contracts, administrative fees and the traded-in car payoff are not part of a car lender’s purchase-money secured claim in chapter 13 bankruptcy and can be crammed-down if the car is worth less than the loan balance, Judge Janice Miller Karlin ruled this week in In Re Miller, Case No. 08-40935, (Bankr. D.Kan….
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