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In re Hartley

In re Hartley

Ruling
No asset case reopened to allow debtors to add creditors and ownership interest in tools that would add value to the estate.
Procedural posture

The debtors filed a motion to reopen their chapter 7 bankruptcy case to add two creditors who had filed an action against one debtor and his corporation in the state court. The debtors also sought to obtain a declaratory judgment that any prepetition claim the creditors had against the debtor was discharged and to amend Schedule B to add tools inadvertently omitted from Schedule B.

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opinion summary, case decided on June 27, 2006 , LexisNexis #0906-077