Legal Opinion
In Re Eastwood
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey
Decided February 13, 1996No. 19-11892PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM F. TUOHEY, Bankruptcy Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This matter comes before the court by way of motion of debtors, Joel and Paulette Eastwood, to bifurcate the claim of Metmor Financial, Inc. (“Metmor”) into secured and unsecured components pursuant to section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and to strip down 1 the lien of Metmor to the fair market value of debtors’ property. Metmor opposes debtors’ motion to strip down its claim on the basis that such relief would impermissibly modify Metmor’s rights as the holder of a security interest solely in the debtors’ principal residence, thus…
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