It is expected that these decisions will go a long way in drawing the proceeding closer to a final resolution and
distributions to creditors on their claims.
To facilitate the sale process and provide for
orderly distributions to creditors, Fisker Automotive has voluntarily filed petitions under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
To the extent that there may be money or property available
for distribution to creditors, creditors are ranked to make sure that money or property is fairly distributed according to established rules as to which creditors get what.
In this case they include the fee in the monthly amount you will remit to them for
distribution to your creditors.
But the process can be concluded relatively quickly, and any wages and property you acquire after the bankruptcy filing, except inheritances, aren't subject to
distribution to your creditors.
The debtor is required to disclose to the court all of his or her property and debts and turn over all nonexempt property to the bankruptcy trustee, who then converts it to cash for
distribution to the creditors.
The court denied his request to dismiss the case and ordered the seizure of the undisclosed assets for liquidation and
distribution to his creditors.
The claim can be paid through the liquidated proceeds collected for
distribution to creditors or through a payment plan approved by the bankruptcy court.
After you file for bankruptcy, most of your assets become property of the estate and subject to sale and
distribution to the creditors.
Canada bankruptcy laws require that the filer's assets be surrendered to the bankruptcy estate for liquidation and
distribution to the creditors.
However, if the proposal is accepted by the required percentage of the rest of the creditors they can participate in
the distribution to creditors.
For example, the Court may require you to make additional payments for
distribution to your creditors.
A Panel Trustee is appointed in each Chapter 7 case to review the bankruptcy petition and schedules filed with the Court and to determine if the debtor has any non-exempt assets available for
distribution to creditors.
Make your regular (usually monthly) payments to the Licensed Insolvency Trustee, for
distribution to your creditors.
In Chapter 13 cases, a portion of the fee is paid up front prior to the filing of the case, with the balance paid out by the bankruptcy trustee from funds that my client pays for
distribution to creditors.
So while the husband's other assets were now in the trustee's hands for
distribution to his creditors (and were thus no longer available to satisfy the wife's established equalization claim in the usual way), his pension assets remained untouched.
The proceeds of such litigation would constitute trust property in the possession of the Trustee, although not available for
distribution to creditors, pursuant to s. 67 (1)(a) of the BIA.