Trudeau v. Royal (In Re Trudeau)

OPINION

PEARSON, Bankruptcy Judge.

The debtor, Mary Kathleen Trudeau (“debtor”) appeals an order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Wyoming holding that her tax refund, including earned income credit (“earned income credit” or “EIC”), was property of the estate under 11 U.S.C. § 541(a) and denying debtor’s claim of exemption. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the bankruptcy court’s order.

I. Appellate Jurisdiction

This Court, with the consent of the parties, has jurisdiction to hear timely-filed appeals from “final judgments, orders, and decrees” of bankruptcy…