Live CLE | Continuing Legal Education
Bankruptcy 101: Critical Issues and Chapter 13 Plan
Knowing how to utilize a Chapter 13 bankruptcy on behalf of your client during foreclosure is an effective, but complicated tactic employed by lawyers. 
In this CLE, you will learn how to deal with issues of automatic stay, mortgage modifications and proof of claim, along with lien stripping issues such as statutory and case law, execution and post plan completion.
Our experienced presenters will help explain how a Chapter 13 bankruptcy can be the best option for a homeowner in the midst of foreclosure proceedings.
The following Key topics will be discussed:
- Addressing Strategic Defaults
- Essentials of the Stay
- Plan Treatment of Mortgages in Chapter 13
- Lien Stripping Statutory and Case Law Basis
- Post Plan Completion and Discharge
- Completing the Chapter 13 Local Plan Form
- Separately Classifying Creditors Such as Student Loans
Course Agenda
1:00 – 1:30 |
Registration |
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1:30 – 2:00 |
State-Specific Foreclosure Laws |
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• Judicial vs. Non-Judicial States |
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2:00 – 2:30 |
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy |
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• Essentials of the Stay (When to File, When is it Too Late, Does it Exist for This Client?) |
2:30 – 3:00 |
Curing Defaults in a Chapter 13 Plan |
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• Right to cure under §1322(c) |
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3:00 – 3:45 |
Lien Stripping |
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• Statutory and case law basis |
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3:45 – 4:00 |
Break |
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4:00 – 5:00 |
Structuring the Chapter 13 Plan |
• Use the right form |