Athens, Georgia bankruptcy trustee

A Athens, Georgia bankruptcy trustee in may use, sell, or lease property in the filer’s estate in the ordinary course of business. In addition, a bankruptcy court can allow the trustee to operate the debtor's business for a limited period when continued operation is in the best interests of the all. For instance, if the farm debtor is in the hog business and the estate consists of hogs of different sizes, the trustee may be allowed to feed the hogs until they attain market weight so as to maximize the amount recovered by the estate. But, when the livestock owned by a farm debtor is subject to a valid, perfected security interest, the trustee will not, in most cases, undertake the further care and feeding of the livestock. Instead, the trustee will likely abandon the property so as to limit the estate's continued responsibility. Even though the appointment of a case trustee is rarely occurs in a chapter 11 case, a party in interest or the United States trustee may seek the appointment of a case trustee or examiner at any time before confirmation in a chapter 11 case. The court, on request by a party in interest or the United States trustee and upon notice and hearing, can order the appointment of a case trustee for cause, including fraud, dishonesty, incompetence, or gross mismanagement, or if such an appointment is in the interest of creditors, any equity security holders, and other interests of the estate.

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