Given that I posted an update on my case in answer to someone's question, and that that thread is in immanent danger of getting closed soon due to drama, 
I decided to post an update to my case in a separate thread so that people searching for information on high income and formerly high income chapter 7's can have my complete story.
To cut a long story short, my attorney finally got in touch with my trustee to find out why I am an asset case and what my assets are. The only asset I have at this point is a $1,000 "preference", which consists of two $500 checks that I wrote to my mother in the last year to help her pay for bills. One check was to help her with her taxes, and one check was to pay a doctor's bill for her.
The trustee is calling those "preferential payments" and sent my mother a nasty letter, demanding the money and threatening to take her to court if she didn't pay him immediately. My mother called me, very shaken and scared and was convinced that she was going to have to come up with money that she doesn't have to pay him. This letter came the same day that my lawyer finally got in touch with me, so I didn't have time to prepare my mother. 
Anyway, I calmed my mother down, told my lawyer to try to negotiate with the trustee, but that if it came to it, I would pay the $1,000 to my mother somehow (numerous atm withdrawals most likely....) and then she could pay the trustee.
It looks like the trustee was so busy terrorizing my family that he missed my next years tax return that will be well over 10k due to my severance payout in January.
He is not going after my tax return.
So, I am a $1k asset case that will discharge soon hopefully.
I decided to post an update to my case in a separate thread so that people searching for information on high income and formerly high income chapter 7's can have my complete story.To cut a long story short, my attorney finally got in touch with my trustee to find out why I am an asset case and what my assets are. The only asset I have at this point is a $1,000 "preference", which consists of two $500 checks that I wrote to my mother in the last year to help her pay for bills. One check was to help her with her taxes, and one check was to pay a doctor's bill for her.
The trustee is calling those "preferential payments" and sent my mother a nasty letter, demanding the money and threatening to take her to court if she didn't pay him immediately. My mother called me, very shaken and scared and was convinced that she was going to have to come up with money that she doesn't have to pay him. This letter came the same day that my lawyer finally got in touch with me, so I didn't have time to prepare my mother. Anyway, I calmed my mother down, told my lawyer to try to negotiate with the trustee, but that if it came to it, I would pay the $1,000 to my mother somehow (numerous atm withdrawals most likely....) and then she could pay the trustee.
It looks like the trustee was so busy terrorizing my family that he missed my next years tax return that will be well over 10k due to my severance payout in January.
He is not going after my tax return. So, I am a $1k asset case that will discharge soon hopefully.
No, I can't promise we won't encounter any Looney Tunes (as I unintentionally attract them). I promise to do my best to avoid pseudo Elmer Fudds for your celebratory benefit! 
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