In Re Lam

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FRANK W. KOGER, Bankruptcy Judge.

Brenda Joyce Lam, individually and as next friend for her minor daughter, Dena Leslie Buechler, a/k/a Dena Leslie Hyde, filed a joint petition for herself and her daughter under Chapter 7. The Trustee and the Court expressed concern as to whether a joint parent-sibling petition is permitted by the Bankruptcy Code, a hearing was held, and counsel for the co-debtors has filed her brief as of November 16, 1988.

The asserted basis for the filing of the joint or co-debtor petition is that a majority of the debts scheduled are for medical services…