Doan v. Hudgins

Robert and Elizabeth Doan filed a joint petition for bankruptcy in November 1979. The petition stated that the Doans expected a tax refund for 1979 but did not list the refund on the schedule of property of the estate or claim the refund as an exemption from the assets available for liquidation. The Doans again mentioned the expected refund at a December 1979 meeting of creditors. They became eligible for a $767 refund early in 1980. At one point the Doans’ attorney asked the trustee if the refund was being held up and was informed that the trustee had not put a lien on the refund.

Although…