Does a debtor have standing to appeal from a bankruptcy court order affecting the size of his estate?
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The following excerpt is from Debilio v. Golden (In re Debilio), BAP No. CC-13-1441-TaPaKi, Bk. No. 09-23812-ES (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2014):
To have standing to appeal from a bankruptcy court order, a debtor must show that he or she is a "person aggrieved." Fondiller v. Robertson (In re Fondiller), 707 F.2d 441, 442 (9th Cir. 1983). A debtor is aggrieved if "directly and adversely affected pecuniarily" by the order appealed. Id. As a result, in a typical case, "a hopelessly insolvent debtor does not have standing to appeal orders affecting the size of the estate" as
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