Legal Opinion
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Tahisia L. Scantling
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 2014No. 13-10558PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHLESINGER, District Judge:
We have been asked to determine if a debtor can “strip off” a wholly unsecured junior mortgage in a Chapter 20 case. We conclude the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (“BAPCPA”) 1 does not prohibit this result; therefore, we affirm.
I. FACTS
On November 27, 2009, Scantling filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. Less than a year later, on March 30, 2010, Scantling received her Chapter 7 discharge.
On January 1, 2011, Scantling filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy…
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