The following excerpt is from Wendy Haig, Greg Sadler, & Showcase 81, LLC v. Shart (In re Shart), 505 B.R. 13 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 2014):
that has always pervaded the entire bankruptcy system.). We also recognize that the Bankruptcy Code limits the opportunity for a completely unencumbered new beginning to the honest but unfortunate debtor. Grogan v. Garner, 498 U.S. 279, 28687, 111 S.Ct. 654, 112 L.Ed.2d 755 (1991). Taken together, these two basic principles suggest that exceptions to discharge should be limited to dishonest debtors seeking to abuse the bankruptcy system in order to evade the consequences of their misconduct.
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