In re Raejean S. Bonham dba World Plus
Bankruptcy No. F95-00897
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11 U.S.C. Section 330 - Compensation of officers


Sec. 330. Compensation of officers

(a)(1) After notice to the parties in interest and the United States
Trustee and a hearing, and subject to sections 326, 328, and 329, the
court may award to a trustee, an examiner, a professional person
employed under section 327 or 1103--
(A) reasonable compensation for actual, necessary services
rendered by the trustee, examiner, professional person, or attorney
and by any paraprofessional person employed by any such person; and
(B) reimbursement for actual, necessary expenses.

(2) The court may, on its own motion or on the motion of the United
States Trustee, the United States Trustee for the District or Region,
the trustee for the estate, or any other party in interest, award
compensation that is less than the amount of compensation that is
requested.
(3)(A) In determining the amount of reasonable compensation to be
awarded, the court shall consider the nature, the extent, and the value
of such services, taking into account all relevant factors, including--
(A) the time spent on such services;
(B) the rates charged for such services;
(C) whether the services were necessary to the administration
of, or beneficial at the time at which the service was rendered
toward the completion of, a case under this title;
(D) whether the services were performed within a reasonable
amount of time commensurate with the complexity, importance, and
nature of the problem, issue, or task addressed; and
(E) whether the compensation is reasonable based on the
customary compensation charged by comparably skilled practitioners
in cases other than cases under this title.

(4)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the court shall not
allow compensation for--
(i) unnecessary duplication of services; or
(ii) services that were not--
(I) reasonably likely to benefit the debtor's estate; or
(II) necessary to the administration of the case.

(B) In a chapter 12 or chapter 13 case in which the debtor is an
individual, the court may allow reasonable compensation to the debtor's
attorney for representing the interests of the debtor in connection with
the bankruptcy case based on a consideration of the benefit and
necessity of such services to the debtor and the other factors set forth
in this section.
(5) The court shall reduce the amount of compensation awarded under
this section by the amount of any interim compensation awarded under
section 331, and, if the amount of such interim compensation exceeds the
amount of compensation awarded under this section, may order the return
of the excess to the estate.
(6) Any compensation awarded for the preparation of a fee
application shall be based on the level and skill reasonably required to
prepare the application.
(b)(1) There shall be paid from the filing fee in a case under
chapter 7 of this title $45 to the trustee serving in such case, after
such trustee's services are rendered.
(2) The Judicial Conference of the United States--
(A) shall prescribe additional fees of the same kind as
prescribed under section 1914(b) of title 28; and
(B) may prescribe notice of appearance fees and fees charged
against distributions in cases under this title;

to pay $15 to trustees serving in cases after such trustees' services
are rendered. Beginning 1 year after the date of the enactment of the
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994, such $15 shall be paid in addition to the
amount paid under paragraph (1).
(c) Unless the court orders otherwise, in a case under chapter 12 or
13 of this title the compensation paid to the trustee serving in the
case shall not be less than $5 per month from any distribution under the
plan during the administration of the plan.
(d) In a case in which the United States trustee serves as trustee,
the compensation of the trustee under this section shall be paid to the
clerk of the bankruptcy court and deposited by the clerk into the United
States Trustee System Fund established by section 589a of title 28.

(Pub. L. 95-598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2564; Pub. L. 98-353, title III,
Secs. 433, 434, July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 370; Pub. L. 99-554, title II,
Secs. 211, 257(f), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3099, 3114; Pub. L. 103-394,
title I, Sec. 117, title II, Sec. 224(b), Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4119,
4130.)

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