Legal Opinion
In re Pirogova
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 12, 2018No. Case No. 18-10870 (SCC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHELLEY C. CHAPMAN, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE
*405This contested chapter 15 proceeding presents an issue that the Bankruptcy Code does not explicitly address and as to which there is scant case law: how to determine the "center of main interests" (the "COMI") of an individual debtor. Here, the debtor Natalia Pirogova (the "Debtor" or "Ms. Pirogova"), who was born in Belarus, is a Russian citizen and is the holder of a "Green Card" which affords her permanent resident status in the United States. Her story is a colorful one; it includes, among other things, an outstanding Russian warrant for…
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