Legal Opinion
In Re Hoffman
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida
Decided July 28, 2010No. 6:09-bk-18839-KSJ, 6:10-bk-05120-KSJ, 6:09-bk-02259-KSJ, 6:10-bk-05775-KSJ, 6:08-bk-06276-KSJ, 6:09-bk-14203-KSJ, 6:09-bk-18161-KSJ, 6:10-bk-00812-KSJ, 6:10-bk-01283-KSJPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING DEBTORS’ MOTIONS TO AVOID JUNIOR LIENS
KAREN S. JENNEMANN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The Chapter 7 debtors in these cases each filed a motion to avoid a junior mortgage lien on their respective homesteads. 1 In each case, the estimated market value of the debtors’ respective home is less than the amount of then.- senior mortgage. The only legal issue presented by these motions is whether the debtors are permitted under § 506(d) of the Bankruptcy Code 2 — which provides that a lien is void “[t]o the extent that a lien secures a claim against the debtor that is not an allowed…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dewsnup v. TimmSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Laskin v. First National Bank (In Re Laskin)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- In Re: Terry R. Talbert and Lahna L. Talbert, Debtors. Terry R. Talbert and Lahna L. Talbert v. City Mortgage ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Yi v. Citibank (Maryland), N.A. (In Re Yi)District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1998
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3Cited by3 opinions
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