Goswami v. MTC Distributing (In Re Goswami)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PERRIS, Bankruptcy Judge.
In this appeal, chapter 7 2 debtors sought to amend their exemption schedule after their case was reopened for the purpose of avoiding a judicial lien. The bankruptcy court denied the debtors’ motion to avoid the lien, holding that their right to amend their exemption schedule terminated upon closure of the bankruptcy case. Because this conclusion is based on a misconstruction of the applicable statute and bankruptcy rule, we REVERSE and REMAND.
FACTS
Baikunth and Sharon Goswami (“debtors”) filed a bankruptcy petition in 1998. They listed real property located at…
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