Ch 13 -- Surrendering house -- paying HOA until transferred -- plan?
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:48 pm
I believe the situation is similar to a car payment that terms out during a plan term. Consider the client's budget as a whole made up of parts, one of which is the HOA fees that term out during the plan, such that plan payment increases by the amount of the HOA fees that are no longer required to be paid.
Question though: are HOA fees due post petition in a Chapter 13 case necessary to be paid if property is being surrendered? Are they nondischargeable? Even if nondischargeable, Trustee may object to their continued payment as not necessary to preserve property of the estate.
Lou Esbin
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> Hello all!
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> I see there was a similar question recently but no HOA...so here goes.
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> Client is surrendering a condo which he has already vacated. He is
> back with his wife and paying half the mortgage of her house.
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> Because condo is still in his name, Client is still paying HOA fees
> for condo and will continue to do so until his name is off title.
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> I put these HOA's on Schedule J and my client's proposed plan payment
> is going to be quite low, around $200. At some point in the future --
> but who knows when -- bank will take over home and he will quit paying
> those fees.
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> How do I account for this in the plan, if at all?
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