Legal Opinion
In Re Lamar Dewsnup and Aletha Dewsnup, Debtors. Lamar Dewsnup, Aletha Dewsnup v. Louis L. Timm
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1990No. 89-4067PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Per curiam
The issue presented in this appeal is whether a Chapter 7 debtor may use 11 U.S.C. § 506(d) of the Bankruptcy Code to void the undersecured portion of a lien on real property which has been abandoned by the bankruptcy estate. 1
Facts
Debtors Aletha and Lamar Dewsnup filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in 1984. Within that case, they commenced this adversary proceeding to determine the validity and extent of a note and trust deed held on real property they own in Millard County, Utah. The two parcels of land are used for farming and are not the debtors’ primary residence. The various appellees…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by128 opinions
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- First of America Bank v. Gaylor (In Re Gaylor)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1991
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