Critical Case Comment: In re Pigg

By Henry E. Hildebrand, III

Pigg v. BAC Home Loans Servicing (In re Pigg), 2011 WL 2531399 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn., June 23, 2011) (Paine)

Case Summary

Where a Chapter 7 debtor surrenders undersecured real property and the mortgagee acts to protect the property but does not foreclose, the Court can require the Chapter 7 trustee to sell the property to cut off the Debtor’s obligations to pay homeowners association fees which would otherwise be excepted from discharge.

What this Case Means to Debtors

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