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IN RE VERDI

Bankruptcy No. 99-19425DAS.

241 B.R. 851 (1999)

In re Matthew P. VERDI, Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Division.

December 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Beifeld, Plymouth Meeting, PA, for Debtor.

Lawrence J. Lichtenstein, Haddonfield, NJ, Former Chapter 7 Trustee.

Danielle Tribuiani, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, Philadelphia, PA, for Former Chapter 7 Trustee.

David B. Aaronson, Mesirov Gelman Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for the Walheim Group.

Edward Sparkman, Philadelphia, PA, Chapter 13 Trustee.

Frederic Baker, Ass't. U.S. Trustee, Philadelphia, PA, United States Trustee.

OPINION

DAVID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge.

A. INTRODUCTION

This is an Opinion about the "good faith filing requirement" ("the GFFR") and how it relates to a debtor's desire to convert a Chapter 7 case to a Chapter 13 case. While precedent requires us to recognize the existence of a GFFR in Chapter 13 cases, it is not totally clear what the consequences of a finding of "bad faith" should be.

Here, we find "bad faith" on the Debtor...

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