Legal Opinion
Brooks v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. (In Re Brooks)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine
Decided April 10, 2006No. 19-10134PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
JAMES B. HAINES, JR., Bankruptcy Judge.
The debtors’ complaint against General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) is before me for decision on a stipulated record. The complaint asserts that GMAC violated the automatic stay of 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) 1 and the co-debtor stay of § 1301(a) by refusing to release its lien on a 1994 Plymouth Voyager automobile co-owned by Jacqueline Brooks and her father, Stephen Lantz. Because neither the Bankruptcy Code nor the debtors’ confirmed Chapter 13 plan requires GMAC to release its lien, judgment will enter in its favor.
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