McCormick v. Starion Fin. (In Re McCormick)

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Debtors, the McCormicks, appeal the ruling of the Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), affirming the bankruptcy court's order that Starion Financial was entitled to $83,122.95 in attorney fees and costs incurred to collect on its secured debt in the course of the McCormicks' bankruptcy proceedings. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

This is the second appearance before this court by these parties with a bankruptcy-generated attorney fees dispute. In the underlying financial arrangements, the McCormicks and Starion entered into a series of loan transactions between 2004…