In re Blackwell

Chapter 13

MEMORANDUM DECISION RE: ELIGIBILITY

Arthur S. Weissbrodt, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

This matter is before the Court on this Court’s Orders Directing Briefing on *21Chapter 13 Eligibility (“Briefing Orders”). Debtors Kenneth and Kathleen Blackwell (“Debtors”) are represented by attorney Cathleen Cooper Moran in their respective chapter 13 cases. The chapter 13 trustee, Devin Derham-Burk, is represented by attorney Nanette Dumas.

In the Briefing Orders, this Court raised the question of whether Debtors are eligible to be debtors under chapter 13 due to their debts exceeding the eligibility…