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IN RE WILSON

No. 95-15072.

90 F.3d 347 (1996)

In re Alton WILSON, Debtor. George S. WYNNS, Appellant, v. Alton J. WILSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Wynns, San Francisco, California, in pro per, for appellant.

Melanie M. Darling, Law Offices of Max Cline, Oakland, California, for appellee.

Norma L. Hammes, Gold and Hammes, San Jose, California, for amicus curiae National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Inc.

Before: SCHROEDER, D.W. NELSON and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether a judicial lien impairs a California debtor's automatic homestead exemption and therefore requires avoidance of the lien pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1). Our decision in this case is controlled by our holding in In re Chabot (City National Bank v. Chabot), 992 F.2d 891 (9th Cir.1993) and not by Congress' subsequent amendment to the statute that overruled Chabot,

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