In re Vastadore

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JEFFERY A. DELLER, Chief Judge.

The matter before the Court is the proper disposition of funds presently held by the Chapter 13 Trustee (as a result of early termination of the of the Debtors’ Chapter 13 plan). The Debtors have requested that the funds on hand be refunded to them. The Trustee has opposed such a request.

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This case has had somewhat of a tortured history. In the years leading up to this case, the Debtors had been in bankruptcy in two prior cases. In 2003, the Debtors hired attorney Jason Mazzei, Esq., who filed a chapter 7 case on their behalf and obtained a…