Weeks v. Pederson (In Re Pederson)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PERRIS, Bankruptcy Judge.
This appeal concerns whether 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1) 1 permits a debtor to avoid a judgment lien that attaches by virtue of a preexisting judgment when a debtor acquires homestead property. Judgment creditor Randall Weeks (“Weeks”) appeals- from the bankruptcy court’s order granting debtor’s motion to avoid such a judicial lien. In re Pederson, 215 B.R. 768 (Bankr.N.D.Cal.1997). We REVERSE.
FACTS
In 1993, Weeks obtained a state court judgment against debtor. When he recorded an abstract of that judgment in Contra Costa County in 1993, debtor did not own any real…
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