Souther v. Tate (In re Tate)

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL TURNOVER AND ENTRY OF MONEY JUDGMENT

JOHN S. DALIS, United States Bankruptcy Judge

This matter is before me on the chapter 7. Trustee’s Amended and Re-Cast Motion to Compel Debtor Carolyn Tate to Turnover Property of the Bankruptcy Estate (“Amended Turnover Motion”). I find that the Trustee has met the burden necessary to compel turnover of property of the estate that Mrs. Tate has failed to surrender. Further, I find that based on Mrs. Tate’s evasive testimony and refusal to comply with her duty to turn over and account for property of the estate in…