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By Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Trustee (Nashville, TN)

A discharge under § 1328(a) will discharge an obligation of the debtor to a condominium association where the condominium was purchased pre-petition and owned by the debtor post-petition. (Robreno) Goudelock v. Sixty-01 Association of Apartment Owners, (---- F.3d ---- 2018) 2018 WL 3352883 (9th Cir. July 10, 2018)

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Penny Goudelock purchased her condominium in Redmond, Washington in 2001. Like most condominiums, her deed was subject to the declaration of covenants and restrictions recorded against the property. The covenants and restrictions established that . . .

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