Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appellant had capacity to act and proceed to request deletion of his sole proprietorship from the trade register while bankrupt.
Decisão extraída
No. Once bankruptcy was open and in force, the debtor lacked the procedural capacity to seek a deletion that would remove assets from the bankruptcy estate.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the formal bankruptcy status was decisive. Because no suspensive effect had been granted, the bankruptcy had been effective since 2012-03-12 14:35. After bankruptcy, control over the estate passes to the bankruptcy administration, and the debtor cannot take steps affecting estate assets; a request for deletion of the business could only be made after bankruptcy closure, or under the limited conditions for closure for lack of assets.