In re: Steven Patrick Schlegel Joanne Marie Schlegel
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
KIRSCHER, Bankruptcy Judge.
Appellants Steven Patrick Schlegel and Joanne Marie Schlegel (“Schlegels”) appeal an order dismissing their chapter 13 2 case for failing to complete plan payments within the applicable five-year commitment period. This appeal raises for the first time whether a confirmed chapter 13 plan may be dismissed for the debtors’ failure to pay both the required plan payment and the approved percentage dividend to unsecured nonpriority creditors during the applicable commitment period. We AFFIRM.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
A. Pre-confirmation events
The…
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