Legal Opinion
In the Matter Of: Chad TURNER, Et Al., Debtors-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 1998No. 97-3553PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal calls upon us to decide whether a debtor’s unilateral reaffirmation of a pre-petition debt constitutes a valid reaffirmation “agreement” for purposes of 11 U.S.C. § 524(c). We agree with the bankruptcy and district courts that it does not. See In re Turner, 208 B.R. 434 (Bankr.C.D.Ill.), aff 'd by Turner v. Hopper, No. 97 C 2149, Order (C.D.Ill. Sept. 29, 1997) (unpublished).
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Section 524 of the bankruptcy code enables the debtor in a Chapter 7 proceeding to reaffirm a pre-petition debt that is otherwise dischargeable by agreeing to pay all or…
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