Legal Opinion
In re Hazard
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided August 10, 1989No. Bankruptcy No. MM7-88-02884PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
ROBERT D. MARTIN, Chief Judge.
The debtors, Jeremy and Marget Hazard, moved under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1) to avoid the judicial lien held by Overhead Door Co. (“Overhead”). Overhead resisted claiming that its lien does not impair the Hazards’ homestead exemption.
The Hazards own a $90,000.00 home against which the following liens appear to have been properly docketed with the Dane County Register of Deeds:
Lienholder Date of Recording Amount Secured Carteret (mortgage) Overhead (judgment lien) IRS (tax lien) 02-15-83 06-09-87 09-08-87 $35,000.00 $ 6,366.99 $34,971.78
In addition,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Pioneer American InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. AcriSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Schwanz v. TeperWisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
- In Re MagosinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re ClarkDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1989