Stecklow – Debtor Doesn’t Have to Re-Open No Asset Case to Include Unscheduled Creditors

Debtors filed motion to reopen Chapter 7 case. The Bankruptcy Court, Paul Mannes, Chief Judge, held that debtors would not be allowed to reopen “no asset” Chapter 7 case to add previously unscheduled and unnoticed creditors to schedule of creditors holding unsecured nonpriority claims.




http://www.mdb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/images/opinions/In%20re%20Stecklow.pdf


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