Legal Opinion
Snyder v. Rockland Trust Co. (In Re Snyder)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit
Decided June 13, 2002No. BAP No. 01-081. Bankruptcy No. 98-11951-CJKPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEASY, Bankruptcy Judge.
Steven Snyder (the “Debtor”), appeals the bankruptcy court’s ruling that he may not avoid the lien of Rockland Trust Company (“Rockland”) under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f) 1 unless the Debtor first pays Rockland’s legal fees stemming from prior litigation in the Debtor’s bankruptcy case.
I. Jurisdiction and Standard of Review
The bankruptcy court’s order denying the Debtor’s motion to avoid a lien pursuant to , section 522(f) is a final appealable order. See Bruin Portfolio, LLC v. Leicht (In re Leicht), 222 B.R. 670, 671 (1st Cir. BAP 1998); see also In re Saco Local Dev. Corp.,…
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