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Creditor’s Rights Update: New York Bankruptcy Court Declares Debt Owed to Sexually Abused Child Non-dischargeable in Mother’s Bankruptcy

Not every debt is entitled to be forgiven in bankruptcy. In a recent Northern District of New York bankruptcy decision, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Robert Littlefield Jr. held that a woman’s $3.75 million default judgment against her mother for negligent infliction of emotional distress would be excepted from discharge in her mother’s subsequent bankruptcy case. In re Irene Chaffee (Chaffee v. Chaffee), No. 07-90171 (Bankr. N.D.N.Y. September 3, 2013).

 

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Upcoming Event: January 29, 2014 - Partner Michael Moskowitz Speaks on Consumer & Corporate Bankruptcy Issues

Michael Moskowitz will be a featured speaker at the New York State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting on January 29, 2014. Mr. Moskowitz’s panel, one of  three to be presented by the Young Lawyers Section, will focus on consumer and corporate bankruptcy issues.  insert excerpt info here.

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Madoff update: Minnesota Bankruptcy Court Dismisses Ponzi Complaint for Trustee’s Failure to Name Specific Creditor Under State Court Fraudulent Transfer Claim

By Michael L. Moskowitz

Having represented numerous defendants in Ponzi-scheme adversary proceedings in the Second Circuit (New York), Weltman & Moskowitz closely follows the case law arising out of the massive Ponzi-scheme run by the now infamous Bernie Madoff. Uncovered in 2008, the resulting Madoff bankruptcies spawned dozens of decisions by the Bankruptcy Court, District Court and Second Circuit.  

 

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