Buzzell v. Montgomery Ward & Co. (In Re Buzzell)

ORDER AVOIDING JUDICIAL LIEN

JAMES F. SCHNEIDER, Bankruptcy Judge.

Debtor has moved to recover $280.78 in wages garnished by respondent, Montgomery Ward & Company (“Ward”), a judgment creditor, within ninety (90) days of the filing of the voluntary Chapter 7 petition. The alternative grounds for relief cited are the debtor’s right to avoid exemption-impairing judicial liens under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1), and the debtor’s right under 11 U.S.C. § 522(h), derivative of the Trustee’s powers under 11 U.S.C. § 547; to recover preferential transfers otherwise exempt. Respondent Ward opposes debtor’s…