Bankr. No.:
96-50121
Chapter:
7
Date of Decision:
May 11, 1998
Issue:
Whether Debtors should be held in civil contempt for the failure to pay estate for excess exemptions?
Ruling:
Debtors were not held in civil contempt for their present failure to pay the estate for their excess exemptions. Their attorney had misadvised them that they no longer had to the pay the trustee and their financial circumstances in 1997 did not permit them to comply with the order. Debtors remain obligated to pay the trustee.
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