IN RE BENEFICIAL FINANCE CO. OF VIRGINIA

Bankruptcy Nos. 80-02493, 81-00027-NN, 80-01239, 80-00353, 80-01350, 81-00102-NN, 81-00588-N, 80-01034, 80-01395, 80-01487 and 81-00835-N, Adv. Nos. 81-0153-NN, 81-0121-NN, 81-0637-N, 82-0007-NN, 81-0768-N, 82-0029-N, 81-0715-N and 81-0709-N.

18 B.R. 174 (1982)

In re BENEFICIAL FINANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA. In re Clifford Edwin MILLS, Sr., Doris Ella Mills, Debtors. In re Larry Edward JOHNSON, Montrose Diane Taylor Johnson, Debtors. In re Russell Samuel CHEATHAM, Robin Joan O'Neil Cheatham, Debtors. In re Paul Fabain LAZROVITCH, Deborah Renee Williams Lazrovitch, Debtors. In re Timothy John HALEY, Debra Lynn Stamper Haley, Debtors. In re William Junious POWELL, Joyce Marie Kelly Powell, Debtors. In re Billy Grant MILNER, Patricia Ann Milner, Debtors. In re Darrell Lee ADKISSON, Annie Carleen Adkisson, Debtors. In re Carlos Ray LEWIS, Linda Gayle Tomblin Lewis, Debtors. In re Cleetus Lavelle LINDER, Debtor. In re Nicholas Harold ALDRICH, Helen Doris Zuchowski Aldrich, Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division, Newport News Division.

March 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Hickey, Newport News, Va., Tom C. Smith, Barry Randolph Koch, Law Office of Edward T. Caton, Virginia Beach, Va., Erwin B. Nachman, Frank, Poinsett, Nachman & Frank, Newport News, Va., Stephen G. Test, The Legal Clinic of Stuart Gordon; and Melvin R. Zimm, Epstein & Epstein, Ltd., Norfolk, Va., for debtors.

J. Brian Donnelly, McCardell, Donnelly & Simpson, Virginia Beach, Va., and Robert B. Hill, Cummings & Dicks, Petersburg, Va., for Beneficial Finance Co. of Virginia.


HAL J. BONNEY, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

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May a debtor reopen his case to file a complaint to avoid a nonpossessory, nonpurchase-money lien on certain chattel, chiefly household goods and furnishings, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(f), if such lien impairs an exemption to which the debtor would be entitled?

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