Legal Opinion
In Re Pratt
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Montana
Decided June 24, 1987No. 19-60244PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOHN L. PETERSON, Bankruptcy Judge.
The creditor Nollmeyer Farms, Inc. has contested the eligibility of the Debtors as family farmers under 11 U.S.C. § 101(17). The issue involves the application of the gross income test, which requires that an individual family farmer and his spouse receive more that 50% of their gross income from farming operations.
The facts are undisputed. The Debtors filed this Chapter 12 case on April 6, 1987. Under § 101(17) of the 1986 Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986, P.L. 99-554, 11 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq., the income test for eligibility requires the Debtors…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Snyder Howell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- In Re MacKlemDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1927
- Powers v. SilbermanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1925
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