Verdolino v. Anderson

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BARBADORO, Chief Judge.

Any effort to enforce New Hampshire’s homestead exemption in bankruptcy against a former spouse with a secured claim raises a host of complex questions of state and federal law. See, e.g., Naqvi v. Fisher, 192 B.R. 591 (Bkrtcy.D.N.H.1995); see generally, Sheryl S. Wolf, Divorce, Bankruptcy, and Metaphysics: Avoidance of Marital Liens Under § 522(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, 31 Fam. L.Q. 513 (1997). Karl H. Anderson, the debtor in this bankruptcy ease, focuses his appeal on a single state-law issue. He argues that the second mortgage his former wife…