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Maria, a certified financial planner, must also be a licensed attorney to be appointed Trustee of a bankruptcy estate. A. True B. False

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Answer: False

Step-by-step explanation:

Bankruptcy Trustees are usually lawyers and this is why people think that they must always be lawyers but this is not the case.

The United States Trustee who is an officer of the Department of Justice and the one in charge of appointing Bankruptcy Trustees, can appoint a person other than a licensed attorney to be the representative of an estate for bankruptcy related matters (trustee) such as accountants or financial planners.

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