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In re James

In re James

Ruling
Counsel sanctioned for falsifying of credit counseling certificate by paralegal.
Procedural posture

After it was discovered that the credit counseling certificate filed by counsel per 11 U.S.C.S. § 109(h)(1) in connection with a chapter 13 filing made on behalf of debtors had been falsified, a married couple, motions were filed by debtors and by the Bankruptcy Administrator (BA). Issues included whether counsel was properly sanctioned by reason thereof and whether debtors were entitled to voluntarily dismiss the case per 11 U.S.C.S. § 1307.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 01, 2010 , LexisNexis #0810-107