Legal Opinion
In Re Dionne
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided June 6, 1984No. Bankruptcy 8300254PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
ARTHUR N. VOTOLATO, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
The debtor has filed a motion to avoid a judicial lien which he alleges impairs an exemption to which he would have been entitled under 11 U.S.C. § 522(b) and (d), and Citizens Trust Co. (Citizens), the lien-holder, objects on the ground that “the debtor has failed to establish that the lien impairs the exemption” to the extent claimed by the debtor. Because the debtor may avoid a judicial lien only to the extent of his allowable exemption, and because his exemption is dependent on the amount of his equity in the residence which he owns with…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jordan v. Borda (In Re Jordan)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · 1980
- In Re BarsottiUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- Cull v. VadnaisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
- Hackett v. Commercial Banking Corp. (In Re Hackett)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- In Re GibbonsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In Re JablonskiUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- Grant v. Himmelstein (In Re Himmelstein)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 1996
- Crompton v. Boulevard Mortgage Co. (In Re Crompton)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- In Re PanasUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1986
- Finneran v. Associates Financial Services (In Re Blair)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 1992
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