Legal Opinion
Snyder v. Rockland Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 8, 2001No. 00-9009PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
Bankruptcy debtor Steven Snyder appeals from a decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP). The BAP held that Snyder could not completely avoid a hen on his residence, which he owned with his spouse as a tenancy by the entirety, because his interest in that property was equal to its full market value. We affirm.
I. Background
Snyder and his spouse own them residence as tenants by the entirety pursuant to a tenancy created after February 11, 1980. See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 1. Snyder is three years older than his spouse. On September 16, 1997, Snyder’s…
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