In re Gerena, No. 08-41912, 2009 WL 8592796 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. Sept. 23, 2009) (Davis)

Confirmed plan treating mortgage as secured precluded trustee’s avoidance action based on postconfirmation discovery of possible title defect.

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