Legal Opinion
In Re Sanderfoot
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided March 9, 1988No. 19-21616PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
M. DEE McGARITY, Bankruptcy Judge.
This case comes before the court on an objection to the debtor’s motion for lien avoidance under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1). A decree of divorce entered by a Wisconsin state court granted the debtor’s ex-spouse a lien on the debtor’s residence to secure payment to the ex-spouse of her portion of the property division. The debtor is seeking to avoid this lien under § 522(f)(1) as impairing his homestead exemption. For the reasons set forth below, the debtor’s motion for lien avoidance under § 522(f)(1) will be denied.
The debtor’s former spouse has also…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 68,272 Gail Spilman v. Darryl M. HarleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Francine Klingman v. Melvin E. LevinsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Jeanine M. BOYD, F/K/A Jeanine Boyd Robinson, Appellant, v. Bruce G. ROBINSON, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- E. Deborah Stout v. Elliott PrusselCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Farrey v. SanderfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- In Re Gerald J. Sanderfoot, Debtor. Jeanne Farrey, F/k/a Jeanne Sanderfoot, Objector-Appellant v. Gerald J. Sanderfoot, Debtor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- In Re Gary Raymond Donahue, Debtor. Linda K. (Donahue) Parker v. Gary Raymond Donahue, James T. Wiglesworth, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Kepler v. Weis (In Re Weis)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1988
- In Re SanderfootDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1988
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