Legal Opinion
In Re Jennings
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided July 11, 2011No. 19-51762PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION ON CHAPTER 20 LIEN STRIPPING
C. RAY MULLINS, Bankruptcy Judge.
Introduction
The issue before the Court is whether a “chapter 20 debtor” — a debtor who is ineligible for a chapter 13 discharge pursuant to section 1328(f) of the Bankruptcy Code because of a recent chapter 7 discharge— may strip off 1 the lien of a wholly underwater second mortgage (“lien stripping”). For the reasons set forth herein, the Court finds that if the plan is filed in good faith, a chapter 20 debtor may strip off such a lien in a chapter 13 plan.
Procedural Posture
Nancy Whaley, the chapter 13 trustee…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Long v. BullardSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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