In Re Pakuris

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• noting that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that chapter 13 petitions must be filed in good faith and reasoning that “[i]t follows that conversion to a chapter 18 case must likewise be sought in good faith”
• court should make determination regarding whether debtor is honestly trying to pursue repayment while retaining certain assets or to forestall collection efforts
• “[Cjourts should make a preliminary inquiry as to the quality of any proposed chapter 13 plan, and whether it would meet confirmation requirements.”
• Prior entry of Chapter 7 discharge did not automatically bar conversion of the case to Chapter 13, but conversion was denied on debtor’s abuse of the system

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).