Jacobsen v. Moser (In Re Jacobsen)

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• allowing conversion when a debtor files a motion to dismiss in response to a trustee’s motion to convert
• affirming order denying debtor’s motion to dismiss under subsection (b) and granting competing motion to convert under subsection (c) where debtor attempted to conceal assets from creditors
• holding “a bankruptcy court has the discretion to grant a pending motion to convert for cause under § 1307(c) where the debtor has acted in bad faith or abused the bankruptcy process and requested dismissal under § 1307(b) in response to the motion to convert.”
• \The decision to convert a Chapter 13 case to Chapter 7 under § 1307(c) ['for cause'] is reviewed for abuse of discretion.\
• “We construe § 1307(b) and (c)18 to permit a bankruptcy court to convert a case to Chapter 7 in lieu of dismissing the case under circumstances 18 Reading subsections (b) and (c
• right to dismiss under 1307(c) is not absolute

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