Matter of Piper

ORDER DIRECTING JEFFREY R. MARCUS, ESQUIRE, TO RETURN TO DEBTORS THE ATTORNEY’S FEE PAID BY THEM

DENNIS J. STEWART, Bankruptcy Judge.

The within title 11 proceedings were commenced over 19 months ago when the debt- or William Henry Piper, on December 12, 1983, filed a chapter 7 petition. At that time, the debtor was represented as counsel by Jeffrey R. Marcus. Among the debts sought to be discharged by that filing was a debt owed jointly by the debtor William Henry Piper and his wife to Val and Fleeta Mason, who hold a mortgage on the residence owned as entirety property by the debtor and his…