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Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Veterans Disability Benefits Now Protected in Bankruptcy Proceedings

Eliminating a cruel quirk in federal bankruptcy law, legislation signed into law by President Trump on August 23, 2019, protects veterans disability benefits from creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. "By protecting their...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

HAVEN ACT Provides Military Veterans With Increased Income Protections In Bankruptcy

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Military veterans often pay a heavy toll for their service from a physical, emotional and even financial standpoint. A new federal law— the Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019 or the HAVEN Act— aims to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

President Signs HAVEN Act to Assist Veterans in Bankruptcy Matters

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President Donald Trump on Aug. 23, 2019, signed the Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019 (HAVEN Act) into law. The HAVEN Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) and...more

Burr & Forman

Shelter from the Storm - Bankruptcy Relief Comes in Three's

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A trio of bankruptcy bills are sitting on President Trump’s desk awaiting his signature.  The three bankruptcy bills are the “Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019” (H.R. 3311), the “Honoring American Veterans in Extreme...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Defending Our Veterans: Excluding Veterans' Benefits from Current Monthly Income - ABI Journal

Part of the mission of ABI’s newly formed Task Force for Veterans and Servicemembers Affairs is to “remediate and prevent adverse debt concerns and impacts on veterans and servicemembers to ensure that we financially...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court - May 15, 2017

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Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson, No. 16-348: Respondent Aleida Johnson filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Alabama. Petitioner Midland Funding then filed a “proof of claim” in the Bankruptcy Court,...more

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