Legal Opinion
In Re Mehlhose
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided March 22, 2012No. 11-64190PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION REGARDING MOTION BY CREDITOR THE J.L. GISLASON, III, TRUST TO DISMISS, FOR FILING BAR, AND FOR SANCTIONS
THOMAS J. TUCKER, Bankruptcy Judge.
For the reasons stated in this opinion, the Court concludes that the Debtors in this bankruptcy case, Michael Mehlhose and Erin Hardcastle-Mehlhose, each filed this case in bad faith, lied under oath about their income in their Schedule I, and have abused the bankruptcy system. Because this cannot be tolerated, the Court will dismiss this case for cause, bar Debtors from filing any new bankruptcy case for two years, and require Debtors to pay the…
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