Culver, LLC v. Chiu (In Re Chiu)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARLAR, Bankruptcy Judge.
INTRODUCTION
The bankruptcy court avoided the lien of Culver, LLC (“Culver”) on the debtors’ former homestead property, which had been voluntarily sold to a third party before the reopening of the debtors’ bankruptcy case. The bankruptcy court ruled that such lien avoidance related back to the date of the filing of the bankruptcy petition. Culver appeals, and contends that the plain language of § 522(f)(1) 1 required the debtors to have an ownership interest in the homestead property at the time that they filed the motion to avoid the lien. We AFFIRM.
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