Legal Opinion
Sheaffer v. Marshall National Bank & Trust Co. (In Re Sheaffer)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided July 20, 1993No. 19-70768PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DOUGLAS O. TICE, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
This 1990 bankruptcy case was reopened on April 23, 1993, to allow debtors to pur sue the avoidance of a judicial lien held by Marshall National Bank & Trust Company (“MNBT”). On June 10, 1993, debtors’ filed a Second Amended Motion to Avoid Lien alleging the MNBT’s lien should be avoided pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(f) because it impairs their homestead exemption and pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 547 because the lien constitutes a voidable preference. The motion is opposed by MNBT.
At hearing the court summarily denied the motion from the…
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- Washington v. Virginia State Education Assistance Authority (In Re Washington)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1984
- In Re Rachel W. Opperman, Debtor. Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, N.A., Creditor-Appellee v. Rachel W. Opperman, Debtor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
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