Lafayette State Bank, Plaintiff,
v.
John Riley O'Steen, d/b/a Riley O'Steen Dairy, Ashley Koon O'Steen, Defendants.
Case No. 3:14-bk-4766-PMG, Adv. No. 3:15-ap-393-PMG. United States Bankruptcy Court, MD Florida, Jacksonville Division.
Bank seeked a judgment denying the Debtors' discharge pursuant to §
727(a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5), and (a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code,
and determining that the debt owed by the Debtors to the Bank was not
dischargeable in the Chapter 7 case pursuant to § 523(a)(6) of the
Bankruptcy Code.
A fundamental goal of the Bankruptcy Code is to provide a debtor with a
fresh start. Consequently, denial of a debtor's discharge is an
extraordinary remedy, and exceptions to discharge should be construed in
favor of the debtor and against the objecting party. The burden is on
the objecting party to prove the objection by a preponderance of the
evidence. In re White, 568 B.R. 894, 909-10 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2017).
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