Legal Opinion
In Re Brody
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 5, 2003No. 18-13560PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION ON MOTION TO AVOID CERTAIN LIENS
ADLAI S. HARDIN, JR., Bankruptcy Judge.
In this contested matter debtor Jesse Brody (“Debtor”) seeks avoidance of judicial hens impairing the Debtor’s homestead exemption under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f). Creditors oppose the motion on the ground that the first and second mortgages combined with federal tax hens and state tax warrants exceed the value of the real property, leaving Brody with no property to which a homestead exemption could attach and thus no impairment of the exemption under Section 522(f). For the reasons set forth below, Brody is entitled to…
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