Legal Opinion
In Re Skinner
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided August 13, 1999No. 19-60253PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION and ORDER
ROSS W. KRUMM, Bankruptcy Judge.
The matter before the Court for decision is whether a Chapter 7 debtor’s attorney should be compensated from the estate. The Chapter 7 Trustee objected to the fee application filed by Debtor’s counsel, and a hearing was held on December 17, 1998, at which both parties were heard. The Court has considered the pleadings filed by the parties, the arguments of counsel presented at the hearing, and the relevant law on this issue. For the reasons stated in this Decision and Order, the Court finds that the Bankruptcy Code does not permit the payment…
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