McCowan v. Fraley (In Re McCowan)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PERRIS, Bankruptcy Judge.
The issue in this case is whether a bankruptcy court retains jurisdiction to enforce its money judgments after the bankruptcy case is closed. We hold that a bankruptcy court has ancillary jurisdiction to enforce its money judgments and retains such jurisdiction after the bankruptcy case closes. Therefore, the bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to reject the former debtor’s claim of exemption in response to a writ of execution on a nondisehargeable money judgment, and we AFFIRM.
FACTS
While appellant McCowan was a debtor in a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy…
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