Legal Opinion
Robert Alan Witcher v. Valery W. Early, III
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 13, 2012No. 11-15883PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILMAN, Circuit Judge:
The question in this case is whether a court may take into account a debtor’s ability to pay his or her debts in determining whether “the totality of the circumstances ... of the debtor’s financial situation demonstrates abuse” of chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code under 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)(3)(B). We hold that the court may do so. The judgment of the district court is therefore AFFIRMED.
I. BACKGROUND
Robert Alan Witcher and Jennifer Witcher filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy in January 2010. The bankruptcy administrator moved to dismiss the case or convert it to chapter 13 on…
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