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MATTER OF LaPOINTE

Bankruptcy No. 2-92-03470.

150 B.R. 92 (1993)

In The Matter of Armand J. LAPOINTE, Ellen B. Lapointe, Debtors. Armand J. LAPOINTE and Ellen B. Lapointe, Movants, v. SNELLING & SNELLING, INC., Advance Processing Systems, Inc., Respondents.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut.

January 25, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Shluger, Shluger & Shluger, Hartford, CT, for movant-debtors.

Shelley R. Sadin, Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, for respondents-creditors.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION TO AVOID JUDICIAL LIEN

ROBERT L. KRECHEVSKY, Chief Judge.

I.

ISSUE

Bankruptcy Code § 522(d)(1) permits a debtor, who elects the federal exemptions, to exempt an interest "not to exceed $7,500.00 in value" in the debtor's residence. Section 522(f)(1) provides that a "debtor may avoid the fixing of a [judicial] lien on an interest of the debtor in property to the extent that such lien impairs...

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