Legal Opinion

Potter v. Drewes (In Re Potter)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 11, 1999No. BAP 98-6057NDFPublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAHONEY, Bankruptcy Judge.

Thomas Potter, the debtor, appeals the order of the bankruptcy court entered June 17,1998, closing this case, but preserving the debtor’s interest in a testamentary trust as an unadministered asset, with the case to be reopened upon realization of the asset.

We have jurisdiction to hear this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(b) and (c).

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Debtor Thomas Potter (“Potter”) holds a contingent remainder in the corpus of the Lena M. Potter Trust. Ralph Potter, the debtor’s grandfather, is the life beneficiary of the trust and is currently 91 years old. Upon…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. Whiting Pools, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Segal v. RochelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. In the Matter of Daniel J. YONIKUS and Carolyn S. Yonikus, Debtors. Appeal of Daniel J. YONIKUSCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  4. First National Bank of Olathe, Kansas v. Thomas M. Pontow Ann M. PontowCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
  5. In Re Irwin Hyman Janice Hyman, Debtors. Irwin Hyman Janice Hyman v. Gary A. Plotkin, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by31 opinions

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