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§ 522(f)(2)

In re White

Nov
23
2005
Ruling
Two judicial liens were avoided since the court calculated the debtor's interest in joint property as the debtor's partial interest rather than as the value of the entire property and since the amount of the impairment of the debtor's exemption exceeded t
Procedural posture

Debtor moved to avoid liens pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523. The issue before the court was one of statutory construction of 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(2)(A). More specifically, the question was whether the language "the debtor's interest in the property" required that computations with respect to jointly owned property be based upon only the debtor's share rather than the value of the entire property.

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opinion summary, case decided on November 23, 2005 , LexisNexis #0306-050
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