In re Goins, Case No. 00-61087 (Bankr.E.D.Ky. 2002)

Outcome: Decision in favor of client

Description: Senior Bankruptcy Judge Joe Lee, sitting on recall in the Eastern District of Kentucky, held that a debtor's sale to J. G Wentworth of her stream of income from a wrongful death structured settlement was void because of its improper conduct, and, further, that the stream of income was not property of the bankruptcy estate to the extent it was necessary for the support of the debtor and her dependents.