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In re England
Frederlick P. Corbit Bankruptcy Judge
Chapter 11
SOUTHWELL & O'ROURKE, P.S. DAN O'ROURKE, WSBA #4911 Attorney for Debtor Len England
APPROVED FOR ENTRY NOTICE OF PRESENTATION WAIVED ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP JESSE BAKER, WSBA #36077 Attorney for Creditor Bank of America
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
Frederlick P. Corbit Bankruptcy Judge
THIS MATTER came on for hearing on the filing of the Joint Plan of Reorganization filed on October 28, 2021 [ECF No. 100], as amended and supplemented [ECF No. 117] ("Joint Plan"), and the court having herein entered its Findings of Fact, based upon the evidence produced, the court now makes the following:
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. The Joint Plan has been accepted in writing by the creditors and equity security holders whose acceptance is required by law; and 1
2. The provisions of Chapter 11 have been complied with; the Joint Plan has been proposed in good faith and not by means forbidden by law; and
3. (i) Each holder of a claim or interest has accepted the Joint Plan or will receive or retain under the Joint Plan, property of a value, as of the effective date of the Joint Plan, that is not less than the amount that such holder would receive or retain if the Debtor were liquidated under Chapter 7 of the Code on such date, or (ii) the Joint Plan does not discriminate unfairly, and is fair and equitable with respect to each class of claims or interest that are impaired under the Joint Plan and has not accepted the Joint Plan; and
4. All payments made or promised by the Debtor or by a person issuing securities or acquiring property under the Joint Plan or by another person for services or for costs and expenses in, or in connection with, the Joint Plan and incident to the case, have been fully disclosed to the Court and are reasonable or, if to be fixed after confirmation of the Joint Plan, will be subject to approval of the Court; and
5. The identity qualifications and affiliations of the persons who are to be members or managers, if any, of the Debtor after confirmation of the Joint Plan have been fully disclosed, and the appointment of such persons to such offices or the continued appointment of such persons to such offices, or their continuance therein, is equitable and consistent with the interests of the creditors and equity security holders and with public policy; and
6. The identity of any insider that will be employed or retained by the Debtor and their compensation has been fully disclosed; and
7. (i) Confirmation of the Joint Plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation or the need for further financial reorganization of the Debtor or (ii) if the Joint Plan is a Joint Plan of 2 liquidation, the Joint Plan sets a time period in which liquidation will be accomplished, and provides for eventuality if the liquidation is not accomplished in that period; and
8. Substantial consummation shall not occur before the sixtieth (60th) day after the Effective Date; and
9. Closing of Case: Sixty (60) days following the filing of the final account, the final decree will be entered and the case shall be closed, unless a motion is filed requesting that the final decree not be so entered; and
10. Debtors' Joint Plan shall be confirmed, subject to the following:
a. The provision of Joint Plan in Article X, page 15, lines 7 - 8, is amended to provide:
"Any delinquencies due Class 4 (Wells Fargo) shall be cured within six (6) months from Effective Date."
is hereby removed.
b. Notwithstanding any provision of the Joint Plan to the contrary the claim of Class 5 (Bank of America) shall be treated pursuant to "Claim Treatment Stipulation as to Bank of America, N.A.'s Claim Under Debtors' Joint Chapter 11 Plan" [ECF No. 116] ("Stipulation") and said Stipulation is incorporated into and is a part of Joint Plan.
c. Notwithstanding any provision of the Joint Plan to the contrary, "Debtors' Amendment to Joint Plan of Reorganization [ECF No. 167] is hereby approved.
11. If a final account has not been filed within sixty (60) days following the confirmation of the Joint Plan, a final decree may be entered and the case closed, unless a party in interest has filed a written objection.
So Ordered. 3
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