· 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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