The Chapter 7 debtors’ case would be dismissed for cause under Code § 707(a) where the debtors derived a significant portion of their household income from the cultivation and sale of marijuana under a license granted by the state of Colorado following the legalization of marijuana in that state, and the marijuana plants, which the debtors valued at $250 each, could not be administered by the Chapter 7 trustee without involving both the trustee and the bankruptcy court in a violation of federal law. The court also held that the debtors could not convert to Chapter 13 because their plan would be funded by unlawful means. In re Arenas, —
B.R. —-, 2014 WL 4288991 (Bankr. D. Colo. Aug. 28, 2014), appeal filed, Case No. 14-46 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. filed Sept. 10, 2014) (case no. 1:14-bk-11406).

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