Warfield v. Salazar (In Re Salazar)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUNN, Bankruptcy Judge.
During their bankruptcy case, the chapter 13 1 debtors received and spent tax refunds that were property of their bankruptcy estate under § 541 of the Bankruptcy Code. The debtors ultimately failed to confirm a chapter 13 plan and converted their case to chapter 7. The bankruptcy court denied the chapter 7 trustee’s motion requesting that the debtors be compelled to pay into their chapter 7 estate the amount of the prepetition tax refunds. We AFFIRM.
I.FACTS
Appellees Timothy Andrew Salazar and Gena Annette Salazar (the “Salazars”) filed a chapter 13 petition on…
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