Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Cosby (In Re Cosby)

OPINION

EMIL F. GOLDHABER, Bankruptcy Judge:

The issues at bench are: (1) whether an attorney’s fee of $200.00, incurred by a mortgagee to compensate said attorney for having filed a complaint seeking relief from an automatic stay as a result of the debtor’s default on post-petition mortgage payments is reasonable; (2) whether inspection costs incurred by said mortgagee in the amount of $40.00 as a result of the debtor’s said default is reasonable; and (3) whether the modification of a stay can be conditioned on the payment of such reasonable counsel fees and inspection costs. We conclude that…