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In fact its estimated that about one third of the chapter 13 cases filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida are filed pro se and are not pursued after the filing of the case and the imposition of the automatic stay, and the cases are dismissed within about a month after their filing. In some instances, volunteer ...
Erik P. Kimball is a United States bankruptcy judge in the West Palm Beach Division of the Southern District of Florida. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was appointed to the 14-year term in June 2008. [ 3 ]
[T]hat part of the State of Florida lying south of a line drawn due east and west from the northern point of Charlotte Harbor, including the islands, keys, reefs, shoals, harbors, bays and inlets, south of said line, shall be erected into a new judicial district, to be called the Southern District of Florida; a District Court shall be held in ...
“I’m contemplating bankruptcy,” she revealed. She wouldn't be alone: bankruptcy filings in the U.S. surged by 18% in 2023, according to a study from bankruptcy data provider Epiq AACER. In ...
Hyman became a judge of the U.S. bankruptcy court for the Southern District of Florida in 2003. [4] On addition to his tenure on the bankruptcy court, [ 5 ] Hyman is the co-chairperson of the Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison Committee and as a member of the Business Law Section's executive council and the Archives and History Committee of the ...
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) was created in 1993 in response to the Florida property insurance crisis resulting from Hurricane Andrew. The purpose for this state tax-exempt trust fund was to encourage additional insurance capacity in the state by providing a stable and ongoing source of reimbursement to insurers for a portion ...
Other than their connection to a bankruptcy proceeding, adversary proceedings are largely similar to a standard lawsuit in federal district court. The suit is opened by a complaint filed with the Bankruptcy Court, and proceeds through the same stages of litigation, including discovery and trial (including jury trial in appropriate cases).
A Proof of claim in bankruptcy, in United States bankruptcy law, is a document filed with the Court so as to register a claim against the assets of the bankruptcy estate. The claim sets out the amount that is owed to the creditor as of the date of the bankruptcy filing and, if relevant, any priority status.