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· 4/26/1996

Wiget v. Nielsen (In Re Nielsen)

Citations

  • 197 B.R. 665
  • 96 Daily Journal DAR 8807
  • 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5516
  • 1996 Bankr. LEXIS 802
  • 1996 WL 376853

How courts have described this case

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  • plain language of § 522(h) is clear that a debtor has avoidance powers only to the extent that the debtor could have exempted the property
  • “The first step is to utilize state law in deciding whether a valid judicial lien attached to the debtor’s property.”

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Judges: Jones, Ollason, Ashland

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