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IN RE SISK

Nos. 18-17445, 18-17446, 18-17447, 18-17448.

962 F.3d 1133 (2020)

IN RE Nanette Marie SISK, Debtor, Nanette Marie Sisk, Appellant. In re Mark Irvin Candalla, Debtor, Mark Irvin Candalla, Appellant. In re Jeri Lyle Saldua Mercado, Debtor, Jeri Lyle Saldua Mercado, Appellant. In re Dennis Michael Escarcega, Debtor, Dennis Michael Escarcega, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 22, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norma L. Hammes (argued), James J. Gold , and Lucinda L.H. Gold , Gold and Hammes, San Jose, California, for Debtor-Appellants Nanette Marie Sisk, Mark Irvin Candalla, and Dennis Michael Escarcega.

James S.K. Shulman (argued), Shulman Law Offices, San Jose, California, for Debtor-Appellant Jeri Lyle Saldua Mercado.

Jane Z. Bohrer (argued), Los Gatos, California, for Amicus Curiae Devin Derham-Burk.

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Milan D. Smith, Jr. and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Absent an objection, Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code establishes no minimum duration for a bankruptcy plan. Debtors are thus free to propose a bankruptcy plan lasting any amount of time up to the statutory maximum period of three or five years. See 11 U.S.C. § 1322(d).1

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