Length of limbo between discharge and closing

[debee]

Some of you seem to have great spans of time - a year and a half in one case - between when your case was discharged and closed. Do you know why?

I ask because I was reading elsewhere today about a case in 2003 when a C7 was discharged but the trustee made a mistake and failed to close it. Then in 2006 they went after the guy's house because it had increased in value and was now over the exemption limit. They sold his house and gave his creditors the money and that was that.

[Fallonedward]

Holy crap, that never gives one a fresh start then...

[backtoschool]

Usually if there is a long time between discharge and closing, it's because the case turns into an asset case. I ended up being an asset case, and it takes a long time for the trustee to wait for proof of claims and administer the assets in an asset case. If you want to read more about asset cases there is a sticky at the top of the chapter 7 thread.