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| Because a lawyer/trustee in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding acts as a fiduciary, he or she may not communicate ex parte with a represented debtor without the debtor's lawyer's consent unless such communications are "authorized" or mandated by law. Examples of such authorized communicates include "notices that, by statute or court rule, must be sent to the debtor personally, or a scheduled and noticed proceeding such as a meeting of creditors pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §341." Another statute (18 U.S.C. §1302(b)(4)) authorize a "wide variety of communications" between Chapter 13 trustees and debtors. |