Critical Case Comment - In re Bradsher, 2010 WL 545967 (Bankr. M.D. N.C. February 16, 2010) (Stocks) • NACTT Academy

Critical Case Comment – In re Bradsher, 2010 WL 545967 (Bankr. M.D. N.C. February 16, 2010) (Stocks)

In re Bradsher, 2010 WL 545967 (Bankr. M.D. N.C. February 16, 2010) (Stocks)

A Chapter 13 plan may modify the rights of a creditor secured by both the debtor’s residence and the escrow accounts maintained by the mortgage servicer and such a mortgage is not protected from modification by § 1322(b)(2).

Summary of the Case

The debtor’s residence was a mobile home that had been permanently attached to real property in Roxboro . . .

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