Legal Opinion
Homeside Lending, Inc. v. Denny (In Re Denny)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 29, 1999No. 19-12683PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
DUNCAN W. KEIR, Bankruptcy Judge.
Before the court is a motion for relief from stay filed by Homeside Lending, Inc. (“Homeside”) to allow ratification of the prepetition foreclosure sale of debtor’s home. The issue is whether a foreclosure sale in Maryland is complete, for purposes of Section 1322(c)(1) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 1 at the time the sale is conducted, or in the alternative, after the state court has entered an order ratifying the sale. For the reasons that follow, the court concludes the sale is complete “when the gavel falls,” and that the…
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