In re Stanford

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TONY M. DAVIS, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE

The dispute that arose from the complicated facts in play here is primarily decided by well-established Texas law, under which a creditor’s pre-existing judgment lien cannot attach to a judgment debtor’s subsequently acquired property that is *209contemporaneously designated as a homestead.

I. BACKGROUND AND FACTS

In 1977, Frederick Stanford’s parents, Earl and Dorothy Seay, purchased a 4.01 acre vacant tract of land located in Williamson County, Texas.1 They built a house on the property and moved in shortly thereafter.2 Dorothy Seay…