Legal Opinion
Matter of Caicedo
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 24, 1993No. 19-30246PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON DEBTOR’S MOTION TO REOPEN CASE
ROBERT L. KRECHEVSKY, Chief Judge.
I
ISSUE
Cynthia A. Caicedo, the debtor in this closed chapter 7 case, has moved to reopen her case for the express purpose of filing a Bankruptcy Code § 522(f) motion to avoid prepetition judicial liens held by Associates Financial Services, Inc. (AFS) allegedly impairing the debtor’s homestead exemption. The principal question presented is whether the doctrine of laches bars the granting of the motion to reopen because it was filed some eight years after the case was closed.
II
BACKGROUND
The…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- In Re Aida Lucilla Rosinski D/B/A New Caravan Garden Bar, Debtor. Aida Rosinski D/B/A New Caravan Garden Bar v. Willard BoydCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Menard-Sanford v. A.H. Robins Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Harold J. Hawkins and Eugenia B. Hawkins v. Landmark Finance Company, in Re Harold J. Hawkins and Eugenia B. Hawkins, DebtorsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- In the Matter of Gladys E. Shondel, Debtor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- White v. Boston (In Re White)District Court, S.D. Indiana · 1989
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3Cited by18 opinions
- In Re TarkingtonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2003
- In Re KapsinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 2001
- Gazes v. DeArakie (In Re DeArakie)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1996
- In Re BolandUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 2002
- In Re CummingsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1994
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