Cavazos v. Munoz

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HANEN, District Judge.

This appeal concerns the validity of an original contractor’s mechanic’s lien to secure a debt for labor and material furnished in connection with renovations of existing improvements on a residential homestead. Debtors in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy case filed an adversary proceeding in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas seeking to avoid the lien. Although the contractor complied with the preconditions set forth in Article 16, Section 50(a)(5)(A)-(D) of the Texas Constitution and Section 53.254(a)-(c), (e) of…