Legal Opinion
In Re Wasson
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 24, 2009No. 1-19-10373Published
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION & ORDER
BUCKI, Chief Judge.
In these Chapter 13 cases, the debtors have objected to proofs of claim that seek to recover legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foreclosure of first mortgages on their respective homesteads. The objections require that we consider the consequences that follow from the application of rules regarding burden of proof.
Yvonne M. Wasson and Mariam Rodriguez each own a homestead in the City of Jamestown, New York. To preclude a foreclosure of their respective properties, Was-son and Rodriguez have filed separate petitions for relief under…
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