Giesbrecht v. Fitzgerald (In Re Giesbrecht)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLLOWELL, Bankruptcy Judge.
In this appeal we are asked to determine whether Cohen v. Lopez (In re Lopez), 372 B.R. 40 (9th Cir. BAP 2007), aff'd, and adopted by Cohen v. Lopez (In re Lopez), 550 F.3d 1202 (9th Cir.2008) (Lopez) 1 allows a debtor the absolute right to pay an unimpaired 2 claim directly to the creditor if the plan is otherwise con-firmable. We find that a debtor has no absolute right to make such payments but that, in this case, the bankruptcy court erred when it failed to articulate clear standards regarding when it is permissible to pay a creditor directly.…
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