By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired) Chapter 7 trustee’s avoidance of post-petition mortgage lien. After filing Chapter 7, the debtor, without prior authority, refinanced property of the estate twice and the trustee sought avoidance of the mortgage lien under § 549. No defense was available because the mortgagee did not qualify as a good faith transferee, having knowledge of...
Eleventh Circuit Holds Debtor, Ineligible For Discharge, Can Strip Junior Liens On Property Worth Less Than Senior Lien
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By Larry Foyle, Kass Shuler, P.A., Tampa, Florida
On June 18, 2014, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decided the Scantling case, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Scantling, ___ F.3d ___, 2013 WL 2750349. The Court answered the Chapter 20 lien strip question that had previously vexed the lower courts, and had created division and district splits within the 11th Circuit. The Scantling case was ripe for appeal as a direct certification from the bankruptcy court to seek and resolve the decisional splits. The Panel held that a discharge . . .
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