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Judgment Liens
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Indiana Commercial Foreclosure Law
Judgment Requiring Payment Of Sum Certain Through Monthly Installments Until Paid Or “Until Death” Does Not Create Judgment Lien
Lesson. If the amount of a money judgment is contingent, then the judgment will not give rise to a statutory lien on the real estate of the obligor (or borrower).Case…
Talkov Law Blog
Transferring Real Property with a Judgment Lien – CCP § 697.390
By Scott Talkov
Recording Priorities when Real Property is Transferred After an Abstract of Judgment is Recorded under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 697.390 When a creditor records an abstract of judgment…
Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
Paying an Old Judgment
By Sam Turco
Southeast Financial Litigation Monitor
Joint Tenancy Lienholders Should Timely Execute on Judgment Liens in Order to Avoid Losing Property Interest
The Alabama Supreme Court recently held in Ex parte Arvest Bank, that an unexecuted judgment lien against the property interest of one joint tenant does not sever a joint tenancy…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Discharge a Judgment Lien in Bankruptcy
By Bryan Fears
In many states a judgment can become a lien against your real property in the county of the judgment or any other county where the judgment has been transcribed into…
Delaware Bankruptcy Update
Ruling Confirms that Judicial Liens are Dischargeable in Chapter 7
Summary In an opinion issued March 16, 2012, Judge Sontchi of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court ruled that unpaid debts subject to a judicial lien are dischargeable in bankruptcy. Judge Sontchi’s…
In Solvency
Ruling Confirms that Judicial Liens are Dischargeable in Chapter 7
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
Summary In an opinion issued March 16, 2012, Judge Sontchi of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court ruled that unpaid debts subject to a judicial lien are dischargeable in bankruptcy. Judge Sontchi’s…
The Legal Scoop on Southwest Florida Real Estate
Short Sales and Judgment Liens: Unforeseen Issues
I came across an article by Lora Shinn entitled "5 Buyer Mistakes in a Short Sale." Number 3 on Shinn's list is "ignoring legal and insurance information." Although I agree…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Homestead exemption does not apply to Home owned by single shareholder corporation
California Coastal Commission, etc., et al. v. Michael A. Allen, ___ Cal. App. 4th ___ (Oct. 1, 2008, Case No. B197974) By David Collins In this case, California…
Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
MD Ga – Judicial Lien Avoided Even Where Debtors Still Would Have No Equity
By Sunghee Sohn
11 U.S.C. §522; Judicial Lien; Lien Avoidance In re Smith, 2006 Bankr. LEXIS 877, Case No. 05-60736 (Bankr. M.D.Ga. May 16, 2006) (Laney) Prior to filing of the debtors' joint…