Savitz v. Ciccotelli

SPAETH, President Judge:

This is an appeal from an order permitting appellee as a judgment lienor to foreclose against appellants’ real estate, including appellants’ residence. Appellants’ principal argument is that their residence should be exempt from foreclosure because they claimed it as exempt in Federal bankruptcy proceedings. This argument is without merit, for when the judgment was initially entered, the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, Act of November 6, 1978, Pub.L. No. 95-598, 92 Stat. 2549 (1978), effective generally October 1, 1979, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.,1 which contains…