In Re Bauer

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

TERRY L. MYERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Holly Bauer (“Debtor”) filed a voluntary petition for chapter 13 relief on December 3, 2003. Doc. No. 1. Her proposed chapter 13 Plan, Doc. No. 8, came on for a confirmation hearing on February 17, 2004. No creditors of Debtor filed objections to confirmation, nor did any appear at the confirmation hearing. The chapter 13 Trustee, C. Barry Zimmerman (“Trustee”), filed a pre-hearing recommendation opposing confirmation for several reasons. Doc. No. 13. The Trustee’s arguments at the confirmation hearing focused on his…