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066072P.pdf   08/14/2008  Tenny Shikaro Zahn  v.  Richard Fink
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-6072
   U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri   
   [PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Kressel, Author, with Mahoney and
   McDonald, Bankruptcy Judges]
Bankruptcy Case - Chapter 13. On remand from the Eight Circuit holding that debtor had standing to appeal confirmation of second amended Chapter 13 plan, and considering recent decision, Coop v. Frederickson, bankruptcy court erred in denying original plan based solely on the proposed plan length where debtor has no disposable income. IRA distributions should not be treated as income for purposes of the means test. Thus, confirmation of second amended plan is reversed and case is remanded to confirm the original plan. 066072P.pdf 03/20/2007 Tenny Shikaro Zahn v. Richard Fink U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-6072 U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri [PUBLISHED] [Kressel, Chief Judge, Author, with Mahoney and McDonald, Bankruptcy Judges]
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel - Chapter 13. Appeal from bankruptcy court's denial of confirmation plan was interlocutory and debtor may not appeal subsequent confirmation of amended plan which debtor proposed because debtor lacks standing. Appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Judge Mahoney and Judge Kressel concur, suggesting Eighth Circuit revisit issue whether order denying confirmation of Chapter 13 plan is a final appealable order.