Legal Opinion
Lapointe v. Snelling & Snelling, Inc. (In Re Lapointe)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut
Decided January 25, 1993No. 19-20217PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION TO AVOID JUDICIAL LIEN
ROBERT L. KRECHEVSKY, Chief Judge.
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ISSUE
Bankruptcy Code § 522(d)(1) permits a debtor, who elects the federal exemptions, to exempt an interest “not to exceed $7,500.00 in value” in the debtor’s residence. Section 522(f)(1) provides that a “debtor may avoid the fixing of a [judicial] lien on an interest of the debtor in property to the extent that such lien impairs an exemption to which the debtor would have been entitled.”
The issue before the court is whether the language of § 522(f)(1) authorizes two joint debtors, without…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Warren v. Taff (In Re Taff)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1981
- In Re Robert N. Brown and Barbara Bex Brown, Debtors. Barbara Bex Brown v. Virginia M. Dellinger, Individually and D/B/A Dellinger Art & AntiquesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Galvan v. Galvan (In Re Galvan)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- In Re Rachel W. Opperman, Debtor. Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, N.A., Creditor-Appellee v. Rachel W. Opperman, Debtor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Matter of PlouffeUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1993
- In Re Paul Menell, Debtor. Paul Menell v. First National Bank of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- In Re SmithUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York · 2001
- In Re WitkowskiUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1994
- Henderson v. Belknap (In Re Henderson)District Court, W.D. Texas · 1993
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