McCue v. Galbraith (In Re Galbraith)

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALEXANDER L. PASKAY, Chief Judge.

THIS IS a contested discharge proceeding and the matter in controversy is a right to a general discharge of Jay Galbraith, the Debtor involved in the above captioned Chapter 7 case. The Debtor’s right to a general discharge is challenged by Betty McCue, the plaintiff who instituted this adversary proceeding by a complaint which sets forth two distinct grounds any of which if established would warrant a denial of the discharge.

The first is based on § 727(a)(2) and charges that the Debtor concealed an…