Gary GREENBLATT, Trustee, Appellant, v. Levy FORD, Jr., Appellee. in Re Levy FORD, Jr., Debtor

The trustee in a bankruptcy proceeding brought under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978,11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1330, appeals from a decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, sitting in banc. In a thorough and detailed opinion, the Bankruptcy Court held that the filing of a bankruptcy petition solely by the husband does not sever the estate of tenancy by the entirety in either real or personal property held as such by the debtor and his wife under Maryland law, that the debtor’s interest in entireties property is property of the bankruptcy estate under…