IN RE MATTHEWS

No. 82-5274.

724 F.2d 798 (1984)

In re Frank Howard MATTHEWS and Grace Willina Matthews, Debtors. Frank Howard MATTHEWS and Grace Willina Matthews, Appellants, v. TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL SERVICES, formerly known as Pacific Finance Loans, a California Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas D. Kappler, Lompoc, Cal., for appellants.

David Hatch, Bette S. Paris, Paris & Paris, Santa Monica, Cal., for appellee.

Before FLETCHER and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal by debtors who wish to avoid a security interest in household goods under Bankruptcy Code section 522(f). 11 U.S.C. § 522(f) (Supp. V 1981). Under this section, debtors can avoid non-purchase money security interests in household goods. The debtors in this case argue that the purchase money character of the lender's security interest in the goods was lost in a refinancing in which the debtor...

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