Legal Opinion
Matter of Healy
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 21, 1989No. 1-16-10959PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
ROBERT D. MARTIN, Chief Judge.
Charles and Sally Healy, the debtors in this chapter 7 case, have filed a motion under Bankruptcy Code section 522(f)(1) seeking to avoid a judicial lien encumbering $8,114.60 in cash held in an escrow account. The cash represents the proceeds from a prepetition sale of the Healys’ homestead. Arnold and Ann Benardette object to the debtors’ motion, arguing that their judicial lien does not “impair an exemption to which the debtorfs] would have been entitled.” After a January 31, 1989, hearing the parties were given leave to submit briefs.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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