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Matter of Barth

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut

Decided March 1, 1988No. 19-20192PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RULING ON TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO CONFIRMATION OF PLAN

ROBERT L. KRECHEVSKY, Chief Judge.

I

The question raised in this chapter 13 case is how to estimate, in the absence of evidence, the cost of estate liquidation in a hypothetical chapter 7 case for purposes of determining the best-interest-of-creditors test at a hearing on plan confirmation. Under 11 U.S.C. § 1325, a court must initially make six affirmative findings in order to confirm a chapter 13 plan. The fourth finding, the best-interest-of-creditors finding, (s ee S.Rep. No. 989, 95th Cong. 2d Sess. 142, reprinted in 1978 U.S. Code Cong.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re Dorothy C. Hardy, Debtor. Dorothy C. Hardy v. Cinco Federal Credit UnionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
  2. In Re WilliamsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
  3. Matter of WilheimUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · 1983
  4. In Re RobertsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1981
  5. In Re KnippingUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1984

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In Re DornonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · 1989
  2. In Re Modern Steel Treating Co.United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991
  3. McKinney v. McKinney (In re McKinney)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2014
  4. Jensen v. Dunivent (In Re Dewey)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit · 1999
  5. In Re KeenanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico · 2007

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