In Re Rennison

MEMORANDUM ON PETITION FOR ADVICE

MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

The Clerk of this Court, Luther D. Thomas, has petitioned for advice on the treatment of trustee’s compensation paid in a case in which the debtors received a refund upon a voluntary dismissal, without any other disbursements having been made. The facts giving rise to the Clerk’s inquiry are simple.

Shortly after the filing of a voluntary bankruptcy petition in March, 1980, Lean-dra Walker was appointed trustee and marshaled a total of $1,316.00 in assets.

Voluntary dismissal of the petition was granted in May, 1980.…