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IN RE LUCERO

No. LA09-14427SB.

408 B.R. 348 (2009)

In re Jorge LUCERO et al., Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California.

July 16, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon A. Doyle, West Covina, CA, Margarita Aguirre, Wilmington, CA, for Debtors.

John P. Pringle, Roquemore, Pringle & Moore, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, for Trustee.

OPINION ON DISMISSAL OF UNMARRIED CO-DEBTOR

SAMUEL L. BUFFORD, Bankruptcy Judge.

I. Introduction

This case raises the issue of whether the court may cure the misjoinder of two unmarried debtors in a joint bankruptcy petition by dismissing one of the petitioners and permitting the remaining case to proceed. The court finds that dismissing a single codebtor and allowing the other debtor to proceed as a single petitioner is appropriate in light of...

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