In Re Hawkins

DECISION AND ORDER

ROSS W. KRUMM, Bankruptcy Judge.

The issue for determination by the court is whether the debtors’ right of redemption under 11 U.S.C. § 722 expires upon the entry of the order discharging the debtors. For the reasons stated in this decision and order the court holds that the entry of the discharge order does not bar a motion by the debtors for redemption under 11 U.S.C. § 722.

This case arises in the context of a hearing on a post-discharge motion by the debtors to reaffirm a debt to Sovran Bank, N.A. which is secured by a 1987 Dodge Colt automobile. Since the reaffirmation…