Legal Opinion
In Re Godios
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York
Decided November 3, 2005No. 1-19-10011PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MICHAEL J. KAPLAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The U.S. Trustee’s “substantial abuse” motion 1 under the pre-BAPCPA version of 11 U.S.C. § 707(b) presents this question: May hard-working upper-middle class parents of two high school seniors (they are twins) discharge nearly $60,000 of credit card debt in Chapter 7 for the sole and stated purpose of better positioning the family finances in preparation for large, anticipated, discretionary expenditures in providing a college education for the children? After a thorough hearing and fine advocacy on both sides, this question must be…
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- In Re: Robert N. Kornfield and Karen E. Kornfield, Debtors. Robert N. Kornfield and Karen E. Kornfield v. Carolyn S. Schwartz, United States TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- In Re HeffernanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1999
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- In Re GyurciUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1989
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