In re: Serge Michel Boukatch and Lori Jean Boukatch
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KIRSCHER, Bankruptcy Judge.
Chapter 13 1 debtors, Serge M. Bouk-atch and Lori J. Boukatch (“Debtors”), appeal an order denying their motion to avoid a lien on their principal residence. 2 The bankruptcy court determined that, as a matter of law, a “chapter 20” 3 debtor is not entitled to avoid a wholly unsecured junior lien under §§ 506(a) and 1322(b)(2) against the debtor’s principal residence when no discharge will be entered in the pending chapter 13 case. On this issue of first impression, we REVERSE and REMAND.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Debtors filed a chapter 13…
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