In re Walls
Jul
09
2013
Ruling
Issue of whether IRS secured nonpriority claim was discharged in prior case has to be resolved in an adversary proceeding as it went to eligibility.
Issue(s)
Whether a chapter 13 debtor's claim that an unsecured nonpriority claim the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") filed against his bankruptcy estate could be resolved as a contested matter or had to be resolved in an adversary proceeding, and if an adversary proceeding was required, whether that proceeding had to be filed in the debtor's earlier bankruptcy case after that case were reopened or could be filed in the debtor's open chapter 13 case.
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