Legal Opinion
In Re Fair
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 19, 2011No. 10-C-1128PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
RUDOLPH T. RANDA, District Judge.
The issue in this bankruptcy appeal arises from a familiar scenario after the recent collapse of the housing market: whether a chapter 13 debtor can “strip-off’ a wholly unsecured secondary or junior lien on the debtor’s principal residence when the debtor is ineligible for discharge because of a prior chapter 7 discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1328(f)(1) (no chapter 13 discharge if the debtor obtained a chapter 7 discharge within the past 4 years). The bankruptcy court (Hon. Pamela Pepper) said no, dismissing the debtor’s adversary…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by21 opinions
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