Divorce can be extremely emotionally traumatic and can bring significant changes in almost every aspect of your life. As if divorce were not stressful enough, it often also causes substantial financial problems for one or both spouses. All of your hard-earned marital assets and property will be equitably divided, so you will lose approximately half […]
Bankruptcy Audits Resume by United States Bankruptcy Trustee
The Untied States bankruptcy trustee has reinstated random audits of consumer bankruptcy filings on March 10, 2014. U.S. Bankruptcy Trustees may randomly designate for audit one out of every 250 consumer bankruptcy cases. The Bankruptcy Code also authorized audits of any cases in which debtors posted statistically unusual income or expenditures. It is very important […]
Quasi-Judicial Immunity
It is well-established within the Ninth Circuit that a bankruptcy court-appointed officer is afforded quasi-judicial immunity when acting within the officer’s official capacity. In re Harris, 590 F.3d 730, 743 (9th Cir. 2009) (“Bankruptcy trustees are entitled to broad immunity from suit when acting within the scope of their authority and pursuant to court order.”) […]
