Legal Opinion

In Re VanZant

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Illinois

Decided July 17, 1997No. 19-40086PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KENNETH J. MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

In this Chapter 7 proceeding, debtor Kimberly VanZant seeks to avoid a judicial lien under § 522(f)(1)(A) as impairing her Illinois homestead exemption. See 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1)(A) (1994). 1 The debtor claims a $7,500 exemption in her residence, which is valued at $27,000 and is subject to a first mortgage of $22,123.77. Creditor Harold Pfifer has a judicial lien against the debtor’s residence in the amount of $34,722.51. The debtor argues that since there is not sufficient equity in the property to satisfy the mortgage and the judicial lien and, at…

2Cases cited19 opinions

Owen v. OwenSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
Farrey v. SanderfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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
In the Matter of E.C. Henderson and Phyllis Henderson, Debtors. E.C. Henderson and Phyllis Henderson v. Lee BelknapCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
In the Matter of James A. Maddox, Debtors. Tower Loan of Mississippi, Inc. v. James A. Maddox, Jr., and Harold J. Barkley, Jr., TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by20 opinions

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