Legal Opinion
In Re Coffin
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine
Decided November 18, 2008No. 07-20955PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum of Decision
JAMES B. HAINES, JR., Bankruptcy Judge.
Is a Chapter 13 above-median income debtor entitled to reduce his projected disposable income (which impacts the level of his payments under his repayment plan) by $956 a month in “ownership expenses” for two vehicles, notwithstanding the fact that he incurs no such expenses and that related provisions of the Bankruptcy Code 1 entitle him to $412 a month as “operating expenses” for his vehicles?
At first blush, the question would seem to answer itself. But, as it must be answered by resort to maladroitly-drafted legislation, the…
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