Mazon v. Tardif (In Re Mazon)

OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN E. STEELE, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on an appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Court’s Order Granting In Part and Denying In Part Trustee’s Motion to Surcharge Debtor’s Exemptions and/or Exempt Property (Doc. # 1-3). Appellants filed an Initial Brief (Doc. # 15), appellee filed a Brief (Doc. # 19) in response, and appellants filed a Reply Brief (Doc. # 24).

The challenged Order allowed the Trustee to administer and liquidate otherwise exempt assets as property of the bankruptcy estate. It is clear from the record that debtors converted the…