Newton v. Oakwood Acceptance Corp. (In Re Garrett)

MEMORANDUM ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

RICHARD STAIR, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

John P. Newton, Jr., Trustee (Trustee), filed the present Complaint on September 12, 2001. Pursuant to 11 U.S.C.A. § 544 (West 1998), 1 the Trustee seeks to avoid the lien of Oakwood Acceptance Corporation (Oakwood) encumbering the Debtor’s 1998 Oakwood Mobile Home.

Now before the court is the Trustee’s Motion for Summary Judgment filed on February 4, 2002, and Oakwood’s Motion for Summary Judgment filed on February 8, 2002. At issue is whether Oakwood’s lien remained properly perfected following the mobile home’s…