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§ 522(f)

Guzman, In re

Ruling
Court granted motion to avoid lien with immediate effect, declining to impose extra-statutoryconditions on lien avoidance. (Bankr. D. Colo.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on May 24, 2024 , LexisNexis #0824-012

Tepe, In re

Ruling
Judicial lien was subject to avoidance but debtor’s homestead exemption was limited to thevalue of the debtor’s inchoate dower interest in the property. (Bankr. S.D. Ohio)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property; Avoidance; Judicial Liens.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 15, 2024 , LexisNexis #0624-035

Rojas, In re

Ruling
Debtor failed to establish a valid basis to void the lien held by his former spouse as there wasno evidence that real property was the debtor's residence when he filed for bankruptcy. (Bankr.E.D.N.Y.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 03, 2024 , LexisNexis #0624-059

Hayes, In re

Ruling
Debtor's bankruptcy plan was not confirmed due to improper treatment of a judicial lien ondebtor's residence. (Bankr. D.S.C.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 17, 2024 , LexisNexis #0324-083

Evans, In re

Ruling
Court disregarded a secured claim in a solar panel system installed on the roof of the debtors'house as the panels were not fixtures, but consumer goods. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 12, 2023 , LexisNexis #0224-010

Stovall, In re

Ruling
Debtors' motion to avoid the judicial lien of creditor on their residence was denied asnonexempt equity remained against which the lien could and did attach. (Bankr. N.D. Ohio)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 21, 2023 , LexisNexis #1123-087

Minkina, In re--Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz, LLP v. Minkina

Ruling
Property held by debtor as a tenant by the entirety valued at 50% of the property’s value forlien avoidance purposes. (1st Cir.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 24, 2023 , LexisNexis #1023-058

Emad Aziz Masoud Alfahel, In re--Airport Bus. Ctr. v. Emad Aziz Masoud Alfahel

Ruling
Bankruptcy court did not err by denying the creditor's request to dismiss the debtors' third motion to avoid the creditor's judicial lien based on the two-dismissal rule. (B.A.P. 9th Cir.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on June 01, 2023 , LexisNexis #0723-083

Shibley, In re

Ruling
Debtor was unable to fully avoid a creditor's judicial lien as to his exempt property based on the debtor's schedules and the creditor's stipulation that the value debtor scheduled for his real property was accurate. (Bankr. N.D. Ga.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property; Avoidance.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 29, 2023 , LexisNexis #0523-059

Shippy, In re

Ruling
Lien held against the debtors' real property for overpayment of workers’ compensationbenefits was a judicial lien and was avoidable. (Bankr. W.D. Wash.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Liens Impairing Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 24, 2022 , LexisNexis #0123-007