Legal Opinion
In Re Dervaes
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida.
Decided October 9, 1987No. 19-10599PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON ISSUE REFERRED BY STATE COURT
THOMAS C. BRITTON, Chief Judge.
On this debtor’s motion in State court to modify a prepetition contempt order aimed at him, the Circuit Court for Collier County on August 10 orally directed the debtor to obtain a determination by this court whether the debtor may now pay $20,000 to purge his contempt. 1 The parties were heard September 4 and 16. (C.P. No. 8).
Debtor’s Right to Dispose of Estate Assets
The debtor’s chapter 7 bankruptcy petition resulted in the immediate appointment of a trustee, 11 U.S.C. § 701, the creation of an estate consisting of “all…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Andrews v. WaltonSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
- Dumas v. Atwood (In Re Dumas)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Bailey v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
- Milton Wolfe v. Gerald Coleman, Sheriff Pinellas County Florida and Jim Smith, Attorney General of the State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Martin-Trigona v. GouletasDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Rook v. Rook (In Re Rook)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1989
- Wohleber v. Skurko (In re Wohleber)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 2019
- In Re PimentalUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island · 1992
- Matter of SimsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1989
- Younger v. United States (In Re Younger)District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1994
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