Legal Opinion
Cusato v. Springleaf Financial, Inc. (In re Cusato)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 6, 2013No. Bankruptcy No. 00-34338 ELF; Adversary No. 12-0429PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ERIC L. FRANK, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In January 2012, Plaintiff Rosemary Cu-sato (“the Debtor”) settled on a reverse mortgage loan on her residence. Prior to the closing, Defendant Springleaf Financial, Inc. (“Springleaf’)1 demanded payment from the Debtor as a condition of marking satisfied its lien of record against the property. In order to close the transaction, the Debtor paid Springleaf $13,104.45 from the loan proceeds.
In this adversary proceeding, the Debt- or asserts that Springleafs lien was avoided in her bankruptcy case and that the demand for payment prior to…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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