IN RE OSTER

No. 99-60414-B-7.

293 B.R. 242 (2003)

In re Eric Alan OSTER and Dana Sandridge Oster, Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California, Fresno Division.

May 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Armstrong, Fresno, CA, for Eric Alan Oster and Dana Sandridge Oster.

Darcey L. Wong, San Francisco, CA, for Phoenix Leasing Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

W. RICHARD LEE, Bankruptcy Judge.

In this opinion, the court addresses the question of whether Chapter 7 debtors may amend their exemptions under 11 U.S.C. § 522(b) to add a new exemption of previously scheduled property, after their case has been closed, and then move to avoid a prepetition judgment lien against that property pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1) on the grounds that the judgment lien impairs the new exemption. It...

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