Legal Opinion
Gecowetts v. Gecowetts (In re Gecowetts)
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided January 8, 1991No. Bankruptcy No. 88-1895; Adv. No. 89-0018PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MARTIN V.B. BOSTETTER, Jr., Chief Judge.
This matter comes before the Court upon the application of Theodore S. Miseveth to recover $600.00 in attorney’s fees incurred in representing Bernard Gecowetts (“debt- or” or “defendant”) in an action filed by the debtor’s estranged wife, Joye Gecow-etts (“plaintiff”), objecting to the debtor’s discharge. For the reasons stated below, we deny counsel’s request for the fees in question.
On October 3, 1988 Bernard Gecowetts filed a petition under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Shortly thereafter on January 9, 1989, Joye…
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