Legal Opinion
In Re Budd George Belanger, Janice Leigh Belanger, Debtors. Home Owners Funding Corporation of America v. Budd George Belanger Janice Leigh Belanger
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 27, 1992No. 91-1004PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:
The issue in this appeal is whether the district court correctly construed 11 U.S.C. § 521(2)(A) in a Chapter 7 proceeding by holding that debtors, who were current in their secured consumer loan installment payments, could retain the collateral after discharge without either redeeming the collateral or reaffirming the debt.
Budd George Belanger and Janice Leigh Belanger purchased a mobile home financed by Home Owners Financing Corporation (Home). The Belangers filed for relief under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. They subsequently filed a statement of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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