In Re Oriole Kjellsen. Terry D. Wieczorek v. Shirley Woldt Oriole Kjellsen

Shirley Woldt and her mother, Oriole Kjellsen, appeal the District Court’s 1 reversal of the Bankruptcy Court’s denial of a motion to dismiss the Chapter 13 petition. We affirm.

In 1990, a South Dakota Circuit Court found that Kjellson suffered from dementia which prevented her from adequately managing her estate. The Circuit Court further found that, on numerous occasions, Woldt had acted on behalf of Kjellson pursuant to a durable power of attorney and that there was evidence of overreaching by Woldt, including several loans and funds transfers which were not in Kjellsen’s best interests. In…