In Re Keefe

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MARTIN V. B. BOSTETTER, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

The question before the Court is whether a debtor who has suffered a mental breakdown must, nevertheless, appear in person at the Section 524 (11 U.S.C. § 524) discharge hearing.

The debtor, Wallace Robert Keefe, filed his voluntary petition in bankruptcy on June 12, 1980. The debtor attended the first meeting of creditors on July 11, 1980. The last day set for the filing of objections to discharge (11 U.S.C. § 727) or exceptions to discharge (11 U.S.C. § 523) was fixed as September 10,1980. On said date no objections under either…