Legal Opinion
Suggs v. Stanley
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 29, 2007No. 06-30343UnpublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
Debtors-Appellants-Cross-Appellees James Henry Stanley and Dorothy Jean Wicker Stanley filed a petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Creditor-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Kathleen Suggs, an unsecured creditor of the Stanleys, objected to the confirmation of the Chapter 13 plan and moved to convert it to one under Chapter 7, asserting that the Stanley’s did not file the petition in good faith, as required by 11 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(3). The bankruptcy court denied Suggs’s motion after finding that the Stanleys had filed the petition in good faith.…
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