IN RE SCOTT

No. ND-08-10564-RR.

400 B.R. 257 (2009)

In re William SCOTT, Jr., Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California, Northern Division.

March 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Winfield, Oxnard, CA, for Debtor.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

RIBLET, Bankruptcy Judge.

The issue presented is whether the debtor may utilize 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1) to avoid a Family Law Attorney's Real Property Lien recorded, according to California law, by his former spouse's family law counsel. I conclude that the debtor may not avoid such a lien and, accordingly, deny his motion.

I. FACTS

Debtor filed his voluntary chapter 7 petition on March 19, 2008. The initially filed...

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