Brattleboro Savings and Loan Association v. Hardie

Burgess, J.,

¶ 20. concurring. I concur with the majority’s mandate as well as its underlying reasoning, but I also concur with Judge Bent’s opinion as an alternative basis for reversing the superior court summary judgment decisions.

¶ 21. Bent, Supr. J., Specially Assigned, concurring. I concur with the majority’s mandate because Mangini cannot rely upon 27 V.S.A. § 141(a) to avoid an existing mortgage that merely refinanced a debt on the homestead that existed before she established the homestead. Under the circumstances of this case, I agree with the majority that neither her pending divorce…