Malec v. Cook County Clerk (In Re Malec)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JACQUELINE P. COX, Bankruptcy Judge.

In this matter, the Plaintiffs are Debtors, James Malee and Rita Malee (together “Debtors”), who request a determination that the Defendants, the Cook County Treasurer and the Cook County Clerk (together “the County”) violated both the discharge injunction provided by 11 U.S.C. § 524(a) and the automatic stay provided by 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) when the County increased and sold the taxes on the subject property at 4542 Heartland Drive, Richton Park, Illinois after the taxes were provided for, paid through and discharged at the end of their…