What is the test for a motion to discharge a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code?

26. In general, the bankruptcy court must grant a discharge to an individual chapter 7 debtor unless one of the twelve enumerated grounds in 727(a) is satisfied. In the spirit of the "fresh start" principles that the Bankruptcy Code embodies, claims for denial of discharge are liberally construed in favor of the debtor and against the objector to discharge. Khalil v. Developers Sur. & Indem. Co. (In re Khalil ), 379 B.R. 163, 172 (9th Cir. BAP 2007) aff'd, 578 F.3d 1167 (9th Cir. 2009). The objector to discharge, thus, bears the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the debtor's discharge should be denied under an enumerated ground of 727(a). Id.

27. The "knowing and fraudulent" intent standard of