Pritzl v. Citibank (N.Y. State), N.A. (In Re Pritzl)

ORDER ALLOWING MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES AND DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS

A. THOMAS SMALL, Bankruptcy Judge.

The matters before the court are the motions of the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Student Financial Assistance (“FDOE”), for substitution of parties and to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction. A hearing took place on December 4, 2002, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Thelma Jane Pritzl filed a petition for relief under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on September 6, 2001. On August 26, 2002, she filed the instant adversary proceeding to determine the…