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21
Nov
2023

Preferential Transfer: Creditor Retains Debtor Garnishment Funds Received within 90-Days of Bankruptcy Filing

Creditor retains garnishment funds received within two weeks before debtor filed bankruptcy. Court ruled in this case that date garnishment was “served” on garnishee defendant placed garnished funds outside of 90-day window for Trustee to set aside transfer to creditor. Here, the bankruptcy trustee sought to compel First of America Bank to return garnishment funds received […]

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20
Nov
2023

Defective Automobile Lien Enforced

A creditor who improperly identified its secured interest on a vehicle title as the “owner” instead of a “lienholder” was sufficient to perfect its security interest in the motor vehicle. In this case, the creditor intended to place a lien on the debtor’s vehicle, however, creditor mistakenly designated itself on the certificate of title as the […]

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17
Nov
2023

Incompetency Defense in Collection Suit

In this case, Sikorsky Federal Credit Union of Connecticut brought suit on a note signed by the debtor in the amount of $5,253.64. The note provided for sixty installment payments; the purpose for the loan was to extinguish existing debts as well as pay, in part, for the funeral of the debtor’s longtime friend. The […]

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16
Nov
2023

“Cancelled Mortgage” Enforceable

Here, the Court held that the Credit Union’s mortgage on a member’s real estate, inadvertently marked as “cancelled” when the loan was not paid, was still enforceable. This mortgage, sold by the Credit Union to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., was accidentally stamped as “cancelled” or paid. The mortgage was foreclosed upon and the […]

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14
Nov
2023

Automatic Wage Deposit Garnishment

In some states such as Texas, a debtor’s wages are generally not subject to garnishment. Here, however, this Texas debtor’s wages were directly deposited into the debtor’s account at I.B.M. Employees Southwest Federal Credit Union.    A judgment creditor thereafter garnished debtor’s account at the credit union and debtor brought an action to dissolve the garnishment, […]

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11
Sep
2023

False Application: Nondischargeable Debt

False loan application results in nondischargeable debt. Here, debtor submitted a loan application to the bank and represented that he and his wife were on the title of debtor’s residence. In fact, the residence was only found to be titled in debtor’s wife’s name. Thereafter, debtor filed an individual Chapter 7 bankruptcy and the bank filed […]

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08
Sep
2023

Truth in Lending Violation: Collateral Not Identified

Security State Bank of Hamilton issued a loan of nearly $17,000 to Jerry and Henrietta Marshall in exchange for the Marshall’s pledge of a security interest in the debtors’ new car. Debtors signed the promissory note and pledge of security. The bank’s personnel, however, failed to identify the pledged security on the Truth-in-Lending disclosure. Debtors’ […]

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07
Sep
2023

Collateral Removed From State – Renewal of Perfected Lien

Facts: 1.  Debtor, Specialty Contracting and Supply Company, granted a security interest in its equipment, among other items of collateral, to one Richard Fraley; Fraley was an officer of Specialty Contracting and he filed a financing statement in Texas where Specialty Contracting operated at that time. Two years later, the debtor’s business moved to Georgia. Chronologically, the […]

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06
Sep
2023

Credit Union & Its Attorney Violate Bankruptcy Stay

The trial court held that the credit union’s actions, as well as that of the credit union attorney, violated the bankruptcy code’s automatic stay. The trial court ordered the credit union and its attorney to pay $15,000 in punitive damages. Here, debtor purchased a kit to transform his 1970 Volkswagen chassis into a 1937 Jaguar […]

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05
Sep
2023

Credit Union Employee Policies

A 56 million dollar plus Texas credit union adopted a personnel policy manual which included an internal grievance procedure. The manual contained a specific assurance that: [n]o employee shall be penalized for using the grievance procedure. A veteran credit union employee of eight years filed an internal grievance when she and three other employees were […]

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