Matter of Swartout

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• holding that services related to the debtor’s divorce, although intertwined with his bankruptcy, were not in connection with the bankruptcy
• determining that services related to a debtor’s divorce proceeding were not connected to the bankruptcy case within the meaning of § 329
• determining that services related to a debtor’s divorce proceeding were not connected to the bankruptcy case within the meaning of § 329
• refusing a fee request from an attorney who handled the bankrupt’s divorce, finding that the divorce was not “ ‘connected with’ the [bankruptcy] case at bar as contemplated in 11 U.S.C. § 329(a)”
• in order for services to be “in contemplation of bankruptcy,” they should be influenced by, and a direct result of, the imminence of the debtor’s petition filing
• even mentioning how sections 524(a) and 727(b) would apply to prepetition legal services for a divorce

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