In re Yovtcheva

Ashely M. Chan, United States Bankruptcy Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

When Silvia Yovtcheva ("Debtor") became entitled to receive $250,000 from the *309life insurance policy of her ex-husband shortly after filing this case, Terry Dershaw, the Chapter 7 trustee ("Trustee"), was statutorily required to collect the proceeds from the policy and distribute them to the Debtor's creditors. Although the Trustee was permitted to retain counsel to assist him with the legal tasks associated with executing his statutory duties under § 704(a), a significant portion of the work performed by the Trustee's counsel was…