Butler v. General Electric Credit Corp. (In Re Butler)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HARVEY M. LEBOWITZ, Bankruptcy Judge.

On March 27,1980, the joint debtors filed a First Amended Complaint to declare existing judgment liens to be null and void under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1) on the basis that the liens impaired exemptions to which the debtors would have otherwise been entitled under 11 U.S.C. § 522(b). The judicial liens involved in this case were all obtained by judgments rendered, enrolled and recorded both prior to and after November 6, 1978, but prior to the filing of the voluntary petition by the debtors in this court. Answers to the Complaint…