Legal Opinion
In re Metzler
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida
Decided May 13, 2015No. Case No. 8:12-bk-16792-MGW, Case No. 8:13-bk-09736-MGWPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*896 MEMORANDUM OPINION ON SURRENDER
Michael G. Williamson, United States Bankruptcy Judge
These two bankruptcy cases — one a chapter 7 and the other a chapter 13— present a relatively novel question: how does a debtor surrender real property in bankruptcy? In the chapter 7 case, the debtor failed to schedule real property that was subject to a state court foreclosure action or file a statement of intentions under Bankruptcy Code § 521 indicating whether she intended to retain or surrender the property.. In the chapter 13 case, the debtor filed plan that proposed to surrender her homestead, which…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re Warren L. Taylor, Jr., Cathy L. Taylor, Debtors. Warren L. Taylor, Jr., Cathy L. Taylor v. Age Federal Credit UnionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Pratt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. (In Re Pratt)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- In re PlummerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 2014
- In Re KennedyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1992
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- David Failla v. Citibank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
- In re GuerraUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 2016
- In re KourogenisUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 2015
- Rivera v. Bank of America, N.A.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
- In re LapeyreUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 2016
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