In Re Charles Ellsworth Krohn AKA Charles E. Krohn, Appellant/debtor

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 707(b), 1 of a petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the Bank ruptcy Code. 11 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq. Because under the facts of this case granting relief would be a substantial abuse of the chapter, the order dismissing the petition is affirmed.

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The debtor, Charles Ellsworth Krohn, filed a petition for Chapter 7 relief on December 12, 1986. As part of the bankruptcy proceedings, a hearing was scheduled concerning a reaffirmation agreement between Krohn and Society National Bank. Krohn intended to…