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· 5/20/2009

Rose Townsend Trust v. Johnston (In re Johnston)

Citations

  • 331 F. App'x 459

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  • attorney fees not discharged where plan specified that fees were to be paid outside plan
  • a plan may provide expressly that attorney fees will be nondischargeable and treated outside the plan
  • chapter 13 plan may provide for direct payment of chapter 13 counsel fees by debtor
  • consent of debtor to direct payment of approved attorney’s fees demonstrated by plan amendment drafted by attorney, signed by debt- or and supported by declaration
  • attorneys’ fees not discharged because amended plan provided that attorneys’ fees remaining unpaid upon completion of plan payments would be paid directly by debtor

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Judges: Paez, Smith, Wardlaw

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