In Re Sillani

MEMORANDUM DECISION — APPLICATION TO REOPEN CASE

THOMAS C. BRITTON, Bankruptcy Judge.

This case presents the somewhat confusing question of the effect of the Bankruptcy Code on a pre-bankruptcy judicial lien.

This case has been closed. The debtor is here on a motion to reopen the case under 11 U.S.C. § 350 to seek a determination that a judgment lien is void. The relevant facts are undisputed and the parties agreed before me on February 13 to submit the ultimate issue.

The Southeast Bank of Deerfield Beach obtained a judgment in 1978 against the debtor on a promissory note. A certified copy of…