Danella v. Kenney Builder Products Co. (In Re Danella)

DECISION ON DEBTORS’ MOTIONS TO AVOID JUDICIAL LIENS

ARTHUR N. VOTOLATO, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

The debtors, Albert and Joan Danella, filed a joint Chapter 7 petition on March 22, 1984. In these motions, pursuant to the lien avoidance provisions of 11 U.S.C. § 522(f), they seek to avoid three judicial liens on their home. The objecting lien-holders, Kenney Builder Products Co., Robert LaPrade, and United Builders Supply, Inc., agree that the debtors’ residence qualifies as exempt property under 11 U.S.C. §§ 522(b) and 522(d)(1), and that the amount subject to exemption is $15,000. They contend,…