Camp Mystic's Bankruptcy Hearing Could Bring Major Changes to the Camp's Ongoing Legal Issues

Camp Mystic back in bankruptcy court

The future of Camp Mystic -- and the civil lawsuits stemming from the deaths of 25 campers and two counselors during the July 4, 2025, floods -- could soon become clearer.

Camp Mystic's bankruptcy hearing could bring major changes to the camp's ongoing legal issues

A judge is expected to consider whether civil lawsuits against Camp Mystic can move forward and whether its bankruptcy case should be converted.

In Camp Mystic Bankruptcy Hearing Friday, Judge Lopez Will Hear Arguments for Chapter 7 Conversion, Trustee Appointment

In the Camp Mystic Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which involves 725 acres along the Guadalupe River that represent a family’s longtime ministry and its generational wealth, things have gotten, perhaps predictably, personal. Words such as “intense acrimony,” “distrust,” “incompetence and gross mismanagement,” “self-dealing” and “lack of candor,” dot the pleading filed by the official committee of unsecured creditors (13 families whose daughters died in …