Legal Opinion
Mendoza v. Temple-Inland Mortgage Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 12, 1997No. 95-40859PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
The Appellant, Josephine M. Mendoza (“Mendoza”), appeals an order of the bankruptcy court which required her to make post-petition mortgage payments which were in arrears directly to Temple-Inland Mortgage Corporation (“Temple”) rather than modifying her Chapter 13 Plan to allow her to make the past due postpetition mortgage payments through the Chapter 13 Trustee, and by including a “drop dead” clause in its order. The district court affirmed. Finding that the bankruptcy court erred, we reverse and remand.
FACTUAL HISTORY
Josephine Mendoza filed a voluntary…
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