Legal Opinion

In Re Browne

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey

Decided December 7, 2006No. 19-11811PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RAYMOND T. LYONS, Bankruptcy Judge.

The Debtor seeks sanctions against the State of New Jersey, Motor Vehicle Com mission, (“NJ-MVC”) for violating his discharge. NJ-MVC has two claims for surcharges under N.J.S.A. 17:29A-35(b)(2) following convictions for motor vehicle offenses. Both offenses occurred prepetition but one conviction was prepetition while the other was postpetition. Because the events giving rise to NJ-MVC’s claim (i.e., the motor vehicle offenses) occurred prepetition, the claims have been discharged and NJ-MVC’s collection efforts violated the discharge injunction of…

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3Cited by1 opinion

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