Legal Opinion
In Re Hermansen
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado
Decided March 28, 1988No. 19-10744PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SIDNEY B. BROOKS, Bankruptcy Judge.
THIS MATTER, comes before the Court on the Debtors’ motion to avoid a creditor’s judicial lien on their residence pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(f).
The issue presented is whether, under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f), a debtor may avoid a judicial lien in its entirety, or whether, under this section, a debtor is entitled to avoid a judicial lien only to the extent that such a lien impairs an exemption to which the debtor is entitled. Stated simply, to what extent can a debtor avoid a judicial lien pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)?
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3Cited by21 opinions
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