In Re Gallman

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW ON DEBTOR’S MOTION TO DISMISS AND TRUSTEE’S APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES

WILLIAM L. NORTON, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

The debtor in this Chapter 7 case filed his petition on March 11, 1980. The petition lists debts of approximately $9,000 and assets of approximately $1,000. All assets were claimed as exempt property. A § 341 meeting of creditors was held on April 14, 1980. During the § 341 meeting the debtor testified that he had transferred his one-half undivided interest in his residential property to his wife in September in 1978.

On April…