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· 5/25/1990

Wortman v. Ridley (In Re Ridley)

Citations

  • 115 B.R. 731
  • 1990 WL 86400

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the “production of appropriate records is the quid pro quo for the debtor’s relief from substantially all financial obligations through a discharge in bankruptcy.”
  • stating that the creditor is burdened with proving that the debtor’s financial condition cannot be ascertained
  • “In general, undocumented explanations will not be held satisfactory”
  • undocumented explanations are not satisfactory for § 727(a)(5) purposes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Harold Lavien

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