First National Bank of Park Falls v. Maley

OPINION and ORDER

CRABB, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a- final order of a United States Bankruptcy Judge, in which appellant challenges the bankruptcy court’s authority to permit a discharged debtor to reopen a Chapter 7 proceeding to obtain lien avoidance on property that was either undervalued or not claimed as exempt during the original proceeding. Also, appellant challenges the bankruptcy court’s decisions to allow lien avoidance for tools of the debtor’s trade exempted under the “wild card” exemption of 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(5) and to value the debtor’s property at less than…