Families of the victims of the deadly 2025 flood at Camp Mystic asked a bankruptcy judge to appoint an independent chapter 11 trustee, seeking to strip the founding family of control over the Texas girls' camp's chapter 11 case.

An official creditors' committee representing the families is seeking the appointment of an independent trustee in a filing Tuesday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston. The committee argued that the bankruptcy case has hit a "logjam" under the management of the camp's founding Eastland family, with no restructuring strategy or path forward.

The committee accused the Eastland family of "self-dealing" and treating the company's assets as personal property.

"Two and a half months into these bankruptcy cases, no meaningful progress has been made, and none will be made while the Eastland family remains in control," said Brett Miller, a lawyer representing the committee.

"The Eastlands refuse to acknowledge their obvious conflicts of interest and have run these cases to protect their own interests," he said.

Members of the Eastland family continue to live rent-free on the camp property while the estate pays salaries for nine employees to maintain the nonoperating camp properties and care for 64 horses, the committee said. With an active investigation underway, the committee asserted that only a fully independent trustee can restore trust.

The committee also dismissed the camp's proposal to appoint outside independent fiduciaries as a "thinly veiled attempt" to avoid a trustee appointment while maintaining family control.

Camp Mystic and its affiliates filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in June, facing multiple wrongful-death and negligence lawsuits filed by the flood victims' families in state court. The filing halted all pending lawsuits against the bankrupt debtors tied to the July 4, 2025, flash flood along the Guadalupe River, which killed 28 people at the Texas girls' camp, including 25 campers, two teenage counselors and co-owner Richard "Dick" Eastland.

Attorneys for the families have condemned the bankruptcy as a "litigation tactic" to stall accountability.

Representatives for the camp and the Eastland family didn't return messages seeking comment Tuesday.