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Family Farmer Relief Act:  This Act increases the debt cap for a Family Farmer from $4,411,400 to $10,000,000 under Chapter 12 of the Bankruptcy Code.  This is an important change because farm size and debt load has dramatically increased since 1986 when Chapter 12 was created and the prior debt cap made the specific restructuring…

In June 2019, for the 6th year, Erika D. Hart attended Michigan ICLE’s Probate & Estate Planning Institute in order to keep current on trends in the probate and estate planning field.  This year, the program took a deep dive into how to address real property held in trust or through the probate system.  In…

On May 9, 2019, attorney Dean Nelson was a member of a panel discussion hosted by the Oakland County Bar Association and Consumer Bankruptcy Association titled Collision Course:  Protecting Against Bankruptcy’s Impact in Other Practice Areas.  Moderated by Chief Bankruptcy Judge Phil Shefferly, Dean and three other panelists discussed various related topics in an event…