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IN RE HIGGINS

BAP No. EC-96-1059-MeRD, Bankruptcy No. 95-25643-B-7.

201 B.R. 965 (1996)

In re Joe Robert HIGGINS, Sr. and Sherrie Reene Higgins, Debtors. Joe Robert HIGGINS, Sr. and Sherrie Reene Higgins, Appellants, v. HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP., Appellee.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danny L. Moore, Sacramento, CA, for Appellants.

No Appearance by Counsel for Appellee.

Before: MEYERS, RUSSELL and DONOVAN, Bankruptcy Judges.

OPINION

MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge:

I

Because there was no equity in the debtors' property, the bankruptcy court denied the debtors' motion to avoid a lien under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f). The debtors appeal.

We REVERSE.

II

FACTS

Joe Robert Higgins, Sr. and Sherrie Reene Higgins ("Debtors") filed a Chapter 7 petition on June 20, 1995. The schedules attached to the petition indicated that the Debtors...

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