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Bell Family Trust v. Mary Sue Bell, Sue Bell Holdings LLC, and Amerada Hess Corp. - Judgment Revival and Sanctions Denial

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana denied Mary Sue Bell's Motion for Sanctions in the Bell Family Trust adversary proceeding, finding that advance notice of a motion to revive a judgment is not required under applicable law and therefore no basis for sanctions exists. The Court granted Ms. Bell 30 days from December 16, 2025 to file a contradictory motion for the sole purpose of proving that the August 1, 2005 Judgment has been satisfied. The Court also clarified that its prior prohibition on Ms. Bell pursuing litigation was based solely on the automatic stay under Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code during the Trust's Chapter 7 case, which terminated when the final decree was entered over 13 years ago.

Planet Home Lending Wins Relief from Automatic Stay

The US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana granted Planet Home Lending's Motion for Relief from the Automatic Stay in the Chapter 13 case of debtor Troylond Malon Wise, case number 25-51132. The Court found that Planet is the duly appointed servicer of Palm Avenue Hialeah Trust after reviewing documentation filed following the March 16, 2026 hearing. The original mortgage of $43,791.06 was originated by American General Financial Services of Louisiana in December 2010, and the debtor had stopped making payments in April 2014.

Attorney Wilson Sanctioned $2,750 for AI Hallucinations in Bankruptcy Filing

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana sanctioned attorney Kathleen M. Wilson $2,750 for violating Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9011(b)(2) after she admitted to using generative AI to prepare court pleadings containing fabricated case citations and a nonexistent Louisiana statute. The Court found she filed false and misleading pleadings including citations to In re Garcia (case does not support the cited proposition), In re Buttermilk Towne LLC (does not resolve to any opinion), and La. R.S. § 9:5774 (does not exist). The Court ordered her Objection (ECF #63) and Supplemental Response (ECF #67) stricken and her Corrected Supplemental Response (ECF #78) also stricken.