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Brown v. Kondaur Capital Corp. (In re Brown)

Brown v. Kondaur Capital Corp. (In re Brown)

Ruling
Bankruptcy court lacked jurisdiction over postdischarge proceeding to determine validity of lien on abandoned property.
Procedural posture

In this adversary action, chapter 7 debtor and his non-filing spouse asked the court to find that none of the defendants held a valid lien against their real property. Defendant, the current holder of the mortgage, requested that the court abstain under 28 U.S.C.S. § 1334(c), dismiss.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 14, 2013 , LexisNexis #0413-104