Sullivan v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (In Re Wirth)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PALLMEYER, District Judge.

Debtor Paul A. Wirth owns a one-half interest in real estate located at 29411 S. Quigley Road, Manhattan, Illinois (the “Property”). Wirth’s ex-wife, Marilyn Marcia Williams, owns the other one-half interest. The Property is encumbered by two mortgages signed by both Wirth and Williams: a February 27, 2001 mortgage held by Appellant Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as nominee for Appellant Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corporation, and serviced by Appellant GMAC Mortgage Corporation; and a May 25, 2001 mortgage…