On reopened chap 7 bankruptcy, interest paid to creditprs

While you don't state it, I'm assuming your medical settlement is yielding enough to pay more than 100% of your existing claims, otherwise interest wouldn't factor into it at all. When you receive the settlement is utterly irrlevant to the interest question.  Your rights to the medical settlement accrued prior to you filing your Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, otherwise the Trustee would have no rights to the settlement proceeds.   Thus, if interest is appropriate per the above, it would run from the date your case was filed I presume. You should check with a bankruptcy attorney in your area (assuming you don't already have one) regarding the possibility of amending your exemptions to protect some of the proceeds.   Mark Markus has been practicing exclusively bankruptcy law in California since 1991.  He is a Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization,  AV-Rated by martindale.com, and A+ rated by the Better Business Bureau.