Opinion ID: 798283
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Heading: The Bankruptcy Court's Acceptance of the Position Advanced in the Guays' Asset Schedule

Text: A bankruptcy court accepts a position taken in the form of omissions from bankruptcy schedules when it grants the debtor relief, such as discharge, on the basis of those filings. Compare Cannon-Stokes v. Potter, 453 F.3d 446, 447 (7th Cir.2006) ([Debtor] had represented that she had no claim against [defendant] . . .; that representation had prevailed; she had obtained a valuable benefit in the discharge of her debt.), and Payless Wholesale Distribs., 989 F.2d at 571 ([Debtor] having obtained judicial relief on the representation that no claims existed, can not now resurrect them and obtain relief on the opposite basis.), with DiVittorio v. HSBC Bank, USA, N.A. (In re DiVittorio), 430 B.R. 26, 48 (Bankr.D.Mass.2010) (stating that a position advanced in bankruptcy schedules had not been accepted when the bankruptcy court ha[s] not granted the Debtor any relief, such as a discharge, based upon representations made in them.). Here, the Guays were discharged from bankruptcy on October 27, 2009. Although discharge preceded the Guays' representations to the court that no changes to the schedules were necessary, it occurred months after the Guays became aware of their claims and the obligation to amend the schedules had arisen. Accordingly, the bankruptcy court accepted the position the Guays adopted with respect to their assets when it discharged them from bankruptcy on October 27, 2009.