IN RE WESTPFAHL

Bankruptcy Nos. 92-82691, 92-91658, 93-81825, 93-80994, 93-82159 and 93-82317. Adv. Nos. 93-8168, 93-9041.

168 B.R. 337 (1994)

In re John Robert WESTPFAHL and Patricia Ellen Westpfahl, Debtors. John Robert WESTPFAHL and Patricia Ellen Westpfahl, Plaintiffs, v. Michael D. CLARK, Standing Chapter 12 Trustee, and United States of America, acting through Kenneth C. Meeker, United States Trustee for Region 10, Defendants. In re Thomas Lee FERGUSON and Catherine Ann Ferguson, Debtors. Thomas Lee FERGUSON and Catherine Ann Ferguson, Plaintiffs, v. Michael D. CLARK, Standing Chapter 12 Trustee, and United States of America, acting through Kenneth C. Meeker, United States Trustee for Region 10, Defendants. In re LaVern Ervin LARSON, a/k/a Bernie Larson, and Marion Jean Street-Larson, Debtors. In re Rowan Eugene HEBB, Debtor. In re David A. THOMPSON and Patricia A. Thompson, Debtors. In re Ralph S. FARWELL, Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois.

May 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry M. Barash, Barash & Stoerzbach, Galesburg, IL, for plaintiffs Westpfahls and Fergusons, and Debtors Larsons, Hebb and Thompsons.

Andrew W. Covey, Peoria, IL, for defendant Michael D. Clark, Standing Chapter 12 Trustee.

Michael D. Clark, Chapter 12 Trustee, Peoria, IL.

Robert Lindstrom, Mustain & Lindstrom, Galesburg, IL, for AgriBank, FCB in Farwell.

Jeffrey B. Moorhouse, Califf & Harper, P.C., Moline, IL, for First Midwest Bank in Farwell.

Michael E. Massie, Galva, IL, for Charles Meyers in Larson.

LeAnna L. Karnopp, Vonachen, Lawless, Trager & Slevin, Peoria, IL, for Princeville State Bank in Larson and for Lynne Hebb in Hebb.

Kathleen Butler, Thomson & Weintraub, Bloomington, IL, for Tina Wilson Graves in Larson.

Gerard A. Brost, Asst. U.S. Atty., Peoria, IL, for Commodity Credit Corp. and Farmers Home Admin. in Larson and Farmers Home Admin. in Thompson.

Anne C. Phelps, Rennick & Rennick, Wyoming, IL, for Marcus Plotner in Larson.

Jim Dodge, Springfield, IL, for State of Ill. in Larson.

Paul W. Bridenhagen, Executive Office of the U.S. Trustee, Washington, DC.

Laurie M. Judd, Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius, Peoria, IL, for Equitable Agri-Business, Inc., in Thompson.

Kurt J. Horberg, Telleen, Telleen, Braendle, Horberg & Thurman, Cambridge, IL, for State Bank of Annawan in Thompson.

Ronald Weber, Froehling, Taylor & Weber, Canton, IL, for Nat. Bank of Canton in Hebb.

Dale Haake, Katz, McAndrews, Balch, Lefstein & Fieweger, P.C., Rock Island, IL, for Reynolds State Bank in Westpfahl.

John G. Ames, Orion, IL, for Kathryn Curry in Westpfahl.


OPINION

WILLIAM V. ALTENBERGER, Chief Judge.

Before the Court are a number of cases which involve the right of a Chapter 12 Debtor to make direct payments to priority and secured creditors without recompense to the Chapter 12 Standing Trustee. In two of those cases, Thomas Lee Ferguson & Catherine Ann Ferguson, (FERGUSONS), Case No. 92-91658, and John Robert Westpfahl & Patricia Ellen Westpfahl, (WESTPFAHLS), Case No. 92-82691, the...

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