Bernstein v. Poskanzer (In Re Poskanzer)

OPINION

D. JOSEPH DeVITO, Judge.

The above debtor’s counsel moves for payment of attorney’s fees pursuant to § 523[d] of the Bankruptcy Code. Specifically, the debtor’s attorney demands that the plaintiff be ordered to pay to her the sum of $1,725.00 for services performed in defending the debtor. For the reasons stated below, the Court grants the motion in the amount requested.

The record of these proceedings reveals that the debtor filed her petition in bankruptcy on November 22, 1982. On May 9, 1983, one Jordan Bernstein commenced an adversary proceeding against the debtor, docketed as…