Cole v. Cenlar Federal Savings Bank (In Re Cole)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge.
A. INTRODUCTION
The success of the current Chapter 13 Plan of Debtor, who made but six of the 38 pre-petition mortgage payments due to her residential mortgagee, depends on her ability to convince us that she can utilize 11 U.S.C. § 506 to effectively “cram down” her sizable mortgage-payment arrears. Logic, as well as the express language of 11 U.S.C. § 1322(b)(5), dictates that she cannot do so. Therefore, although we will reduce the Mortgagee’s “claim” for arrears by almost $2,000 to $12,801.05 in the instant adversary proceeding, we decline her…
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