Darlene M. Richardson and Alphonzo Richardson, Jr.

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
In re
DARLENE RICHARDSON and
ALPHONZO RICHARDSON, JR.,
Debtors.
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Case No. 08-00018
(Chapter 7)
Not for Publication in
West’s Bankruptcy Reporter
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
(1) DENYING APPLICATION TO EXTEND TIME
TO COMPLETE CREDIT COUNSELING,
(2) DISMISSING CASE, AND (3) DIRECTING DARLENE
RICHARDSON AND ALPHONZO RICHARDSON, JR. TO ADVISE WHETHER
ALPHONZO RICHARDSON, JR. JOINED IN THE FILING OF THE PETITION
The debtors did not describe in Exhibit D to the petition
any exigent circumstances that necessitated the filing of this
case without awaiting obtaining credit counseling, thus requiring
dismissal of this case based on 11 U.S.C. § 109(h). 	The papers
filed include references by Darlene Richardson to “my husband,”
suggesting that it really is only she who has pursued the case.
In addition, her signature and the purported signature of
Alphonzo Richardson, Jr., appear to have both been signed by her
as they are strikingly similar. 	It is
ORDERED that the Application to Extend Time to Complete
Credit Counseling is DENIED. 	It is further
The order below is hereby signed.
Signed: January 23, 2008.
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S. Martin Teel, Jr.
United States Bankruptcy Judge
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ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED without prejudice to the
filing of a new case. 	It is further
ORDERED that by February 22, 2008, Darlene Richardson and
Alphonzo Richardson, Jr., shall each file a statement explaining
whether Alphonzo Richardson, Jr. intended that he be included as
a debtor on the petition, and, if so, affirming that Alphonzo
Richardson, Jr. adopts the petition as his own and intends to be
bound by the consequences of having filed the petition.
[Signed and dated above.]
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