N.D. Illinois· 5/21/2013

In re Miller

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493 B.R. 55
2013 WL 2178014
2013 Bankr. LEXIS 2120

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holding that joint debtors are ineligible for chapter 13 relief if their total combined debts exceed § 109(e)’s debt limits
“When a statute is clear, a court’s only task is to give effect to its meaning. Once that is done, judicial inquiry is complete.”
\It is not the place of courts to rewrite the Code * * * [or] even to interpret Code provisions to further particular congressional policies * * * if no interpretation is necessary. Section 109(e) is clear. No interpretation is necessary.\
“It is not the place of courts to rewrite the Code * * * [or] even to interpret Code provisions to further particular congressional policies * * * if no interpretation is necessary. Section 109(e) is clear. No interpretation is necessary.”

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