Court Rejects Creditor’s Objection to Discharge Based on Debtor’s Alleged Concealment of Client List From Accounting Business Client

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May 20, 2021

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bankruptcy
fraud, noncompete agreement, accounting, customer lists
In re Baker
2021 Bankr. LEXIS 1366
US
Federal Court
Kansas
United States Bankruptcy Court
Eric Gates (plaintiff/creditor); Cathy Mitchell (defendant/debtor)
Herren

Summary

In this bankruptcy case, the court found there was no support for a creditor’s objection to discharge, where the creditor had sold her accounting business to the debtor and later claimed the debtor had concealed the existence and value of the business’s client list allegedly with the intent to defraud the creditor or the bankruptcy trustee.

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In re Baker

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May 20, 2021

In this bankruptcy case, the court found there was no support for a creditor’s objection to discharge, where the creditor had sold her accounting business to the debtor and later claimed the debtor had concealed the existence and value of the business’s client list allegedly with the intent to defraud the creditor or the bankruptcy trustee.