Legal Opinion
In Re Kirkus
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided August 13, 1987No. 19-51503PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
STACEY W. COTTON, Bankruptcy Judge.
Before the court is debtor’s motion to amend his Chapter 7 petition to add his spouse as joint debtor.
On December 27, 1984, the debtor, John Leon Kirkus, filed a Chapter 13 case which was converted to Chapter 7 on June 19, 1987. Thereafter, on July 9, 1987, debtor filed the present motion to amend his Chapter 7 petition to add his spouse, Geraldine Kirkus, as a joint debtor.
The issue presented here is whether an individual filing a single petition may later add the non-filing spouse in that petition as a joint debtor. A joint case may be filed by a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re AustinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1985
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