In Re Johnson

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON DEBTOR’S APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AND RETENTION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL IN CONNECTION WITH THE MOTION TO MODIFY THE FINAL DIVORCE DECREE

[Doc. No. 272]

JEFF BOHM, Bankruptcy Judge.

I. Introduction

This Memorandum Opinion addresses an issue that intersects family law and bankruptcy law. This Court must decide whether to allow an individual Chapter 11 debtor to employ special counsel who would seek to convince this Court to modify a final divorce decree. Douglas R. Johnson (the Debtor) argues that approval of proposed special counsel is in the best interest of his Chapter 11…