Consumer Bankruptcy Abstracts & Research (CBAR) provides comprehensive coverage of decisions on bankruptcy law in Chapter 7 and 13 consumer bankruptcy cases. Chapter 11 and 12 cases are generally beyond the newsletter's scope, as are most decisions on nonbankruptcy legal issues.
Within its core coverage area, CBAR exerts particular diligence in reporting BAPCPA decisions. Beyond BAPCPA, coverage is broad and deep, as the following outline of content demonstrates. Due to the sheer number of decisions, inclusion is necessarily selective, and in a few areas—dischargeability of other than educational and marital debts, fraudulent and other avoidable transfers, denial of Chapter 7 discharge—inclusion is highly selective.
Existence of Stay
Relief from Stay
Violation of Stay
Marital Debts
Student Loans
Other Debts
Other Issues
Adversary Procedure
Appellate Procedure
Other Procedural Issues
Jurisdiction
Consumer Debts
Income
Marital Adjustment
Household Size
Expenses: Basic Expenses
Expenses: Payments on Secured Debts
Expenses: Payment of Priority Claims
Special Circumstances
Other Issues
(1) Claims, Generally
Nature of Obligation as “Claim”
(2) Proof of Claim
By Secured Creditor: Amount of Claim: Prepetition Charges
By Secured Creditor: Amount of Claim: Postpetition Charges
By Secured Creditor: Ownership of Claim
By Secured Creditor: Secured Status of Claim
By Unsecured Creditor
Other Issues
Generally
Exclusions
Exemptions: Availability
Exemptions: Avoidance of Liens
Exemptions: Limitations
Exemptions: Procedure
Exemptions: Under Federal law
Exemptions: Under State Law
Exemptions: Other Issues
Turnover
Audit and Examination of Debtor
Authority of the Court
Avoidable Transfers and Liens
Discharge Injunction
Release of Personally-Identifying Information
Required Documentation
Valuation of Assets
Miscellaneous Issues
Abuse: Procedure
Abuse: Under Means Test
Abuse: Under Totality of the Circumstances
Bad Faith or "Cause" as Basis for Dismissal
Conversion of Case
Denial or Revocation of Discharge
Dismissal by Debtor
Reaffirmation Agreements; Statements of Intention;
Redemption of Collateral; Assumption of Lease of Personal Property
Other Issues
Acquisition of Vehicle for Personal Use of Debtor
Effect of Surrender of 910 Vehicle
Existence of Purchase Money Security Interest in 910 Vehicle
Other Issues Relating to 910 Vehicles
Collateral Other than 910 Vehicles
Generally
Bifurcation, Lien Stripping, Modification
Cure of Default
Plan Provisions Restricting Residential Mortgage Creditors
Compliance with Projected Disposable Income Requirement
Length of Plan
Other Issues
Confirmation of Plan: Good Faith
Confirmation of Plan: Other Issues
Effect of Plan Confirmation
Miscellaneous Actions against Mortgage Creditors
Modification of Plan
Required Documentation: Tax Returns
Scope of Discharge
Trustee Investigations of Mortgage Creditors
Other Issues