Legal Opinion
In re Lawson
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided January 20, 1987No. Bankruptcy No. 38402299PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
Veri and Emma Lawson filed a Chapter 7 petition in bankruptcy and, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 522(f), have moved this court to avoid a judicial lien of Louisville Trust Company n/k/a Liberty National Bank & Trust Company on certain real property of the debtors. The Lawsons claim the lien impairs an exemption to which they would have been entitled under Section 522(b).
The debtors list their residence in their schedule of assets with a market value of $15,000. The property is subject to a first mortgage of $6,288.80 as well as the judicial…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re Lamar Barclay Pine, Sr., and Shirlene Tucker Pine, Debtors. Melvin Giles and Wanda Giles, Debtors v. Credithrift of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Commercial Credit Corp. v. Brooks (In Re Brooks)District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1986
- In re CarrollDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1984
3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re BushUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1995