IN RE EPSTEIN

Bankruptcy No. 7-83-00213 R S.

39 B.R. 938 (1984)

In re Earl Bruce EPSTEIN and Penelope Wells Epstein, Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico.

June 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Behles, Albuquerque, N.M., for debtors.

Robert N. Hilgendorf, Santa Fe, N.M., trustee.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

STEWART ROSE, Bankruptcy Judge.

This Application for Fees, filed by the Debtors' attorney and opposed by the Trustee, raises for the first time in this District the question of whether fees and expenses incurred by a Chapter 7 Debtor while defending a Complaint for Determination of the Dischargeability of a Debt are payable from the estate as an administrative expense.

The Debtors, Bruce and Penelope Epstein, filed a Chapter 7...

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