In Re Meeks

MEMORANDUM DECISION RE MOTION TO AVOID JUDICIAL LIEN Of PACIFIC BELL DIRECTORY AND SBC ADVERTISING, L.P.

W. RICHARD LEE, Bankruptcy Judge.

Before the court is the Debtors’ motion to avoid the judicial lien of Pacific Bell. The court has jurisdiction over this proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334 and 11 U.S.C. § 522. This is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157(b)(2)(A), (B) and (K). For the reasons set forth below, the Debtors’ motion to avoid the judicial lien will be granted to the extent that Pacific Bell’s judicial lien impairs their homestead exemption.

Background.

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