Legal Opinion
In re Gonzalez
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado
Decided September 27, 2018No. Bankruptcy Case No. 18-10156 EEBPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Elizabeth E. Brown, Bankruptcy Judge
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Debtors' Motion to confirm their Chapter 13 Plan and the Objection lodged by the chapter 13 trustee ("Trustee"). Both parties have briefed the legal issue presented of how a chapter 13 debtor, who owns and receives income from a business, should calculate his "current monthly income" ("CMI") and, specifically, whether he may deduct business-related expenses before arriving at this income figure.
I. BACKGROUND
In this case, Mr. Gonzalez owns and operates a lawn care business called Rocky Mountain Lawn Pros LLC (the…
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