In Re Groff

OPINION

KENNETH J. MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

In this chapter 13 proceeding, the debtors are purchasing a residence in Marion County, Illinois, under an installment agreement for warranty deed (hereafter “contract”) and seek to avoid judicial liens of St. Mary’s Hospital (hereafter “St. Mary’s”) under § 522(f)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code 1 as impairing their Illinois homestead exemption, At issue is whether the installment contract is an executory contract under which the debtors, as purchasers, have no legal or equitable interest in real estate to which judicial liens can attach, or whether it…