In re: Stuart M. Starky and Cheryl M. Starky

OPINION

DUNN, Bankruptcy Judge.

Chapter 7 1 debtors Stuart and Cheryl Starky (“Debtors”) appeal the bankruptcy court’s order awarding reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs to the chapter 7 trustee (“Trustee”) after extended proceedings relating to the Debtors’ exemption claims, the protracted nature of which resulted in large part from the actions, or more appropriately, the inaction, of Debtors and their counsel. We perceive no abuse of discretion in the bankruptcy court’s award of fees and costs to Trustee’s counsel. Accordingly, we AFFIRM.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The relevant facts in this appeal…