Legal Opinion
In re Miller
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 21, 2013No. 13 B 2178PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A. BENJAMIN GOLDGAR, Bankruptcy Judge.
Before the court for ruling is the motion of chapter 13 trustee Marilyn O. Marshall to dismiss the case of debtors Robert C. Miller and Gwendolyn S. Miller. The trustee contends the Millers are ineligible to be chapter 13 debtors because their unsecured debt exceeds the limit in section 109(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 109(e).
The trustee’s motion raises the question of how to calculate the debt limits in a joint case. The Millers argue that their debts should be calculated individually, and debts only one of them owes should…
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- In Re Farrar-JohnsonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2006
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