Borman, In re, 88-2063
| Decision Date | 27 July 1989 |
| Docket Number | No. 88-2063,88-2063 |
| Citation | 886 F.2d 273 |
| Parties | , Bankr. L. Rep. P 73,161 In re Delbert Dean BORMAN and Deryl Jane Borman, Debtors. Delbert Dean BORMAN; Deryl Jane Borman, Debtors-Appellees, v. Donna LEIKER, Defendant-Appellant. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Tenth Circuit |
Scott M. Price of Marietta, Kellogg, Price & Waltz, Salina, Kan., for debtors-appellees.
W. Thomas Gilman of Redmond, Redmond & Nazar, Wichita, Kan., for defendant-appellant.
Before MOORE, ANDERSON and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(1); 10th Cir.R. 34.1.9. The cause is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
This is an appeal from an order of the trial court affirming the decision of the bankruptcy court which voided the lien of debtor's former spouse on the debtor's homestead property located in the State of Kansas. We REVERSE.
The facts of this case are undisputed. Appellant (wife) and Appellee (husband) were married to each other until July 1981, when they were divorced. During their marriage the parties acquired a residence which they owned as joint tenants. The divorce decree incorporated a property settlement which provided that wife would continue to live in the house and make the mortgage payments until July 1, 1983, at which time the house would be appraised and husband would pay to wife one half of the appraised value as a property settlement. Upon payment, husband would then own the house. On January 13, 1984, the divorce decree was modified upon motion of husband. The court, noting the special circumstances of the parties, set aside its previous order and ordered husband to pay to wife the sum of $19,640.67 within forty-five days for the purpose of effectuating a division of the marital estate. The court further ordered that if husband failed to pay the cash settlement, the real estate assigned to him would be sold and the proceeds applied first to the payment of any mortgages of record and then to the obligation owed to wife. When the cash settlement was due, husband filed a Chapter Seven bankruptcy petition.
Upon filing for bankruptcy, husband listed the real property as exempt property under the Kansas Homestead Exemption Statute. Wife filed no objection thereto. Husband and his new wife then filed an application with the bankruptcy court to avoid the judicial lien of his former wife. Wife filed an objection to the lien discharge admitting she had a judicial lien but claiming the debt is not dischargeable in that the judicial lien was designed to secure the payment of court-decreed alimony. The parties submitted the case on briefs to the Bankruptcy Court, which permitted husband to avoid the lien. Wife appealed to the United States District Court. The District Court affirmed, relying upon Maus v. Maus, 837 F.2d 935 (10th Cir.1988), wherein we held that a judicial lien upon a homestead was avoidable under 11 U.S.C. Sec. 522(f)(1).
Wife asserts that Maus is distinguishable. She argues that in Maus the husband...
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