HSBC Bank USA, National Ass'n v. Blendheim (In Re Blendheim)

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• explaining that under 11 U.S.C. § 524(a), “a discharge is neither effective nor necessary to void a lien or otherwise impair a creditor’s state-law right of foreclosure”
• noting harsh result if discharge requirement were imposed to strip lien after debtor paid debt in full under confirmed plan
• “[C]onversion or dismissal returns to the creditor all the property rights he held at the commencement of the Chapter 13 proceeding and renders him free to exercise any nonbankruptcy collection remedies available to him.”
• discussing purpose of Chapter 7 bankruptcy

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