Legal Opinion
Torres Martinez v. Arce (Torres Martinez)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit
Decided December 1, 2008No. BAP No. 07-035. Bankruptcy No. 02-06538-SEKPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOROFF, Bankruptcy Judge.
Rosa M. Torres Martinez (the “Debtor”) appeals from the October 16, 2006 order entered by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico. That order dismissed the Debtor’s Chapter 13 case, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1307(c), on the grounds of her bad faith in filing the petition. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
A. Pre-Petition Events
Wilfredo Rivera Arce (the “Appellee”) is the Debtor’s former spouse. After their divorce, the Debtor and the Appellee engaged in six years of protracted litigation in the Carolina Superior Court of…
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