Legal Opinion
In Re Sawdy
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided February 20, 2007No. 19-20009PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER OVERRULING TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO DEBTORS’ MODIFIED CHAPTER 13 PLAN
PAMELA PEPPER, Bankruptcy Judge.
The debtors in this Chapter 13 matter are above-median income debtors who own two vehicles free and clear of liens. They contend that, while they no longer make payments on their cars, the language of 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)(2)(A)(ii)(D entitles them to deduct from their disposable income calculations the cost of ownership of the vehicles. The trustee disagrees. The Court concludes that the debtors are correct, and that in spite of the fact that they do not actually have to make a note or lease…
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