Gerst v. West Poplar Apartments (In Re Gerst)

ADJUDICATION

DAVID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge.

A. FINDINGS OF FACT

1. The bankruptcy case underlying this proceeding was commenced under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on March 3, 1989, by the Debtor, DELOIS GERST (hereinafter “the Debtor”).

2. On May 11, 1989, we appointed Cora Anderson, the Debtor’s mother, as the Debtor’s guardian ad litem, due to the allegation that the Debtor suffers from severe mental illness, requiring periodic hospitalization. See In re Zawisza, 73 B.R. 929, 932-34, 935-36 (Bankr.E.D.Pa.1987) (an incompetent person is entitled to file a bankruptcy petition and may do…