In re Kramer’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Whether the Trustee’s objection should be sustained turns on whether Debtors may deduct from their income their monthly mortgage payments to Bank of America under § Y07(b) (2) (A) (iii) (I) as incorporated by § 1325(b), notwithstanding the Debtors’ intent to treat Bank of America as an unsecured creditor under their plan. Given the interrelation of § 1325 and § 707, the question of whether the Debtors should be permitted to claim this deduction implicates two distinct inquiries. The first is whether the claimed deduction is allowable under the § 707 means test. The second is whether the claimed deduction, even if so allowable, should be excluded from the Debtors’ projected disposable income calculation under § 1325. This Court holds that although the Debtors’ deduction survives § 707 analysis, it must nevertheless be excluded under the forward-looking calculation of § 1325.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kramer v. Bankowski