Legal Opinion
In Re Dudley
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida.
Decided December 31, 1986No. 19-12198PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEBTORS’ MOTION TO AVOID LIEN
THOMAS C. BRITTON, Chief Judge.
The debtors’ motion to avoid, under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1), a judicial lien which impairs the exemption they have claimed for their homestead was heard on December 16.
Section 522(f) permits a debtor to:
“avoid the fixing of a lien on an interest of the debtor in property to the extent that such lien impairs an exemption to which the debtor would have been entitled ..., if such lien is (1) a judicial lien....”
The lien in question was imposed on June 9, 1986 by a Judgment of the State court for Palm Beach County as a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re WestUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 1985
3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re Gerald J. Sanderfoot, Debtor. Jeanne Farrey, F/k/a Jeanne Sanderfoot, Objector-Appellant v. Gerald J. Sanderfoot, Debtor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- In Re Gary Raymond Donahue, Debtor. Linda K. (Donahue) Parker v. Gary Raymond Donahue, James T. Wiglesworth, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Gross v. Osborne (In re Osborne)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico · 2014
- Kedzuf v. Turetsky (In Re Turetsky)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2009
- In Re ChristieUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · 1998
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