Legal Opinion
Madoff v. Amaral (In re Amaral)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 8, 2017No. Case No. 14-15382-JNF; Adv. P. No. 15-1130PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Joan N. Feeney, United States Bankruptcy Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
The matter before the Court is the Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Costs (the “Motion”) filed by Bernadette Furtado (“Furtado”). Furtado seeks an order from this Court requiring Codefendant, Roger W. Amaral (the “Defendant” or the “Debt- or”), to pay her attorney’s fees and costs associated with her defense of this adversary proceeding in accordance with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7054(b). In her Motion, Fur-tado asserted that “she is a completely innocent third party in this matter, and has been forced into this Adversary…
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