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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