In Re Goode

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

H. CLYDE PEARSON, Bankruptcy Judge.

The issue here is whether or not excusable neglect exists which will permit Colonial-American National Bank (Bank) to file a Complaint seeking a determination of the dischargeability of a debt owing to the Bank by the Debtor.

The facts pertinent to this decision generally are as follows:

The Debtor, Geneva Crockett Goode, filed her voluntary petition on November 27, 1979, seeking a discharge of her debts under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. Thereupon the Court entered an Order fixing the date of January 10, 1980, at…