IN RE CONTREVO

No. 46287.

153 P.3d 652 (2007)

In re: Frank CONTREVO, Deceased, and Letitia A. Contrevo, Debtors. Letitia Arias Contrevo, Appellant, v. Mercury Finance Co. of Nevada; Mercury Finance Co., LLC; and Ford Motor Credit Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 8, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Scalia, II, Las Vegas; Theresa M. Quackenbush, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Miles, Bauer, Bergstrom & Winters, LLP, and Jeremy T. Bergstrom, Henderson, for Respondents.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, J.

In response to a certified question submitted by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, we consider whether an NRS 17.150 abstract judgment lien attaches to homestead property that is fully exempt, both at the time that the judgment lien is recorded and at the time that the homestead property is sold. We hold that an abstract judgment lien under NRS 17.150 cannot attach to such homestead property and that...

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