Cooper v. Crowe

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION

Martin Reidinger, United States District Judge

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Notice of Appeal of Langdon M. Cooper (“Trustee”), Trustee in Bankruptcy for Teresa Jo Crow (“Debtor”). [Doc. 1].

I. INTRODUCTION

Eight months after filing her voluntary bankruptcy petition and before the case was closed, the Debtor moved to amend her schedules to claim an exemption in an individual retirement account (IRA) that had been omitted from her original petition. The Trustee opposed this amendment, arguing that the Debtor failed to show the change in circumstances required under…