(W.D. Ky. Bankr. July 15, 2014)
The court grants the Chapter 13 debtors’ motion to for summary judgment, avoiding the bank’s mortgage due to the bank’s failure to record the mortgage before the filing of the bankruptcy petition. The avoidance action was not commenced until some time after the Chapter 13 plan had been confirmed, which classified the bank’s claim as secured. The court concludes that classification is not a bar to the later lien avoidance. Opinion below.
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