Fridley v. Forsythe (In Re Fridley)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge.
This appeal from denial of a motion for entry of discharge presents the problem of whether and how a debtor may prepay a chapter 13 plan and obtain an early discharge. The precise question is whether the phrases “completion by the debtor of all payments under the plan” and “completion of payments under [the] plan” in 11 U.S.C. §§ 1328(a) and 1329(a) include an implied temporal requirement that the plan remain in effect for its designated duration unless the plan is formally modified.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re Julian Roosevelt Goeb and Jane Alma Goeb, Debtors. In Re Julian Roosevelt Goeb and Jane Alma Goeb v. Harry W. Heid, Chapter 13 TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- In Re SlusherUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada · 2007
- Sunahara v. Burchard (In Re Sunahara)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- In Re Bce West, L.P., Debtor, Einstein/noah Bagel Corp. v. Gerald K. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- In Re: Katherine D. Weiner, Debtor. Steven L. Weiner v. Perry, Settles & Lawson, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
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