Opinion ID: 3027582
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: standard of review

Text: This Court reviews de novo the bankruptcy court’s legal conclusions, and reviews for clear error its findings of fact. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8013; McDaniel v. Riverside County Department of Child Support Services, 264 B.R. 531, 533 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2001); Gateway Pac. Corp. v. Expeditors Int’l of Washington, Inc., 153 F.3d 915, 917 (8th Cir. 1998); Martin v. Cox (In re Martin), 140 F.3d 806, 807 (8th Cir. 1998); Gourley v. Usery (In re Usery), 123 F.3d 1089, 1093 (8th Cir. 1997). A determination of whether the bankruptcy court properly allowed a complaint filed after the statutory deadline is a legal conclusion to be reviewed de novo by this Court. Whether the Trustee proved any exceptions to discharge under section 727 is also a question of law. -9-