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No. 13-1024
Appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Wilson. J. Rich Leonard, United
States Bankruptcy Judge. (09-01177-8-JRL)
Argued:
Decided:
appeal
concerns
whether
Bankruptcy
Code
Section
more
Because
than
180
Section
days
1306(a)
as
part
plainly
of
their
extends
bankruptcy
the
estate.
timeline
for
of
the
inheritance
in
the
Carrolls
Chapter
13
bankruptcy estate.
I.
In February 2009, the Carrolls filed a joint petition for
relief under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Under that
The Carrolls
Carrolls
mother
had
died
consequence,
Mr.
approximately
$100,000.
inherited
Carroll
interest
in
December
2011
anticipated
an
Because
before
their
Mr.
and
inheritance
Carroll
bankruptcy
that,
acquired
case
was
as
a
of
the
closed,
chapter,
Carrolls
the
Chapter
repayment
plan
13
to
trustee
moved
include
an
to
modify
amount
of
the
the
the
Carrolls
objection,
the
J.A. 76.
bankruptcy
court
held
Nov.
14,
2012).
The
bankruptcy
court
thus
Id. at *2.
II.
The sole issue on appeal is whether the bankruptcy court
properly included Mr. Carrolls inheritance, which postdated the
3
Carrolls
bankruptcy
bankruptcy estate.
petition
by
more
than
180
days,
in
the
In re
Salomon Forex,
Code
Section
541
identifies
which
is
not
specific
to
the
property
11 U.S.C. 541.
any
particular
type
The
of
1306(a)
then
expands
the
definition
of
estate
541,
Congress
bankruptcy estates.
established
general
With
definition
for
Thus,
from
commencement
of
services
the
performed
case.
S.
by
the
debtor
after
Rep.
No.
95-989,
at
the
140-41
(1978).
The statutes plain language manifests Congresss intent to
expand
the
estate
for
Chapter
13
purposes
by
capturing
the
devises,
and
temporal restriction.
inheritances),
but
11 U.S.C. 1306(a).
not
the
180day
This is because
In
July
9,
2012).
And
on
its
face,
Section
1306(a)
Property
described
in Section 541
1306s
extension
of
Chapter
13
bankruptcy
Salomon
provide
Forex,
debtors
8
with
F.3d
at
975.
significant
Chapter
benefits:
13
For
imposed
upon
them
and
unsecured
creditors
may
receive
See 11 U.S.C.
1322, 1325. 1
commitment
confirmed plan.
Id.
to
repay
obligations
under
court-
[w]hen
See 11 U.S.C.
a
[Chapter
13]
1329.
debtors
As we have stated
financial
fortunes
In re
10th
Cir.
Tinney,
2012
WL
(collecting
2742457,
at
*1
cases);
(noting
see
that
also
[t]he
In
re
large
Several
factly.
See, e.g.,
treatises
state
the
proposition
matter-of-
Secundum
Bankruptcy
561
(2013)
(In
Chapter
13
such
property
commencement
of
is
the
acquired
case
but
by
the
before
debtor
the
case
after
is
the
closed,
property
Chapter 13 context.
The
Carrolls
to
541
bankruptcy
estate
in
the
contend
that
Mr.
Carrolls
under
principle
two
that
principles
courts
must
of
statutory
give
effect
interpretation:
to
every
word
the
of
We are
to
reject
the
Carrolls
Broughman v. Carver,
argument.
For
if
Section
541s
By contrast, neither
On
the
13
contrary,
Section
1306(a)
is
specific
to
Chapter
press,
the
bankruptcy
court
properly
included
the
III.
The Supreme Court has eschewed interpreting the Bankruptcy
Code such that it would deny creditors payments that the debtor
could easily make.
(2010).
The
plain
of
Section
1306(a)
blocks
the
Accordingly,
the
bankruptcy
court
correctly
held
AFFIRMED
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