In re Flory, No. 10-10748, 2012 WL 627670 (Bankr. D. Vt. Feb. 24, 2012) (Brown)

Failure to report or turn over inherited funds put debtor in contempt of confirmation order requirement to report new assets or income to trustee. Contempt was punished by dismissal with one-year bar to refiling.

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