Fred S. Pardes v. Susan Doan

This case involves a dishonest Bankruptcy Debtor [Susan Doan, Respondent] who intentionally failed to include a Two Million ($2,000,000.00) Dollar Eight Unit apartment complex in her Bankruptcy Schedules. Doan filed her individual Bankruptcy on April 10,

1. She intentionally did not list either First Coastal Trust or the Eight Unit apartment complex as an asset in her Bankruptcy Schedules. After her discharge on January 6, 2011, Doan as Trustee of First Coastal Trust, continuously owned and operated the Units for ten (10) years after her discharge, without disclosing the post discharge operations, rents and profits to her Bankruptcy Trustee or the Bankruptcy Court. After the Discharge, Pardes who innocently filed his Complaint on July 20, 2010, without any prior knowledge of the Doan Bankruptcy, then resumed prosecution of its complaint, sought and obtained a Default Judgment against only First Coastal Trust, on November 14, 2011. On October 19, 2017, Doan filed a Motion to Set aside the Default Judgment, on the grounds that it was null and void due to a violation of the Bankruptcy Automatic Stay; to which she was ultimately successful.

2. Whether or not a Dishonest Bankruptcy Debtor, who was and is still in the process of committing a post discharge Bankruptcy Fraud against both