Legal Opinion
In Re Guttierez
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas
Decided April 17, 2000No. 19-30360PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion
LEIF M. CLARK, Bankruptcy Judge.
This memorandum opinion details the facts and circumstances of a petition preparer in San Antonio, Texas. The opinion also explains why, as a matter of law, petition preparers can never offer more than mere scrivening/typing services, and why 11 U.S.C. § 110 is expressly not a congressional authorization for a new kind of “profession.” Thus, petition preparers can not charge for any “special services” beyond mere typing service. Petition preparers who purport to offer any service beyond typing forms perforce engage in the unauthorized practice…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- 37 Collier bankr.cas.2d 1166, Bankr. L. Rep. P 77,327, 11 tex.bankr.ct.rep. 192 in the Matter of Terrebonne Fuel and Lube, Incorporated, Debtor. Placid Refining Company, Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Terrebonne Fuel and Lube, Inc., Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Hastings v. United States Trustee (In Re Agyekum)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- In Re KaitangianUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · 1998
- In Re FarnessUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2000
- Unauthorized Practice Committee, State Bar of Texas v. CortezTexas Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- In Re ICLNDS Notes Acquisition, LLCUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 2001
- In Re DoserUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2002
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