Husted

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

2 In re: ) ) AGHEE WILLIAM SMITH II and ) Case No. 19-25091-C-7 ) SUSAN BLAIR SMITH, ) Debtors. ) _______________________________ ) ) ) KIMBERLEY J. HUSTED, Chapter ) Adv. Pro. No. 20-2034-C Trustee, ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) AGHEE WILLIAM SMITH II and ) ) SUSAN BLAIR SMITH, ) ____________________D_e_f_e_n_d_a_n_t_s_.__) 12 FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW CHRISTOPHER M. KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge: The Chapter 7 trustee objects to discharge of the joint debtors Aghee William Smith II (aka “Bill Smith” and “A.W. Smith”) and Susan Blair Smith under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(3) on the theory that they, without justification under all of the circumstances of the case, concealed, destroyed, mutilated, falsified, or failed to keep or preserve recorded information from which their financial condition or business transactions might be ascertained. 23 …