IN RE HAYES

Bankruptcy No. 48400115.

54 B.R. 920 (1985)

In re Clarence Lee HAYES, Wanda Lois Hayes, Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky.

November 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Freeburger, Sebree, Ky., Thomas Meyer, Owensboro, Ky., for debtors.

Al Miller, Central City, Ky., for creditor.

Russ Wilkey, Owensboro, Ky., Trustee.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

Here the debtors move to reopen their bankruptcy petition to list an omitted creditor and thereby avoid a cruel irony; this one error, if left uncorrected, would thwart the singular purpose of the bankruptcy. We will allow the reopening as a matter of what a recent and controlling case has called a "paramount right" under the Bankruptcy Code.

An automobile accident case against the debtors...

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