MEMORANDUM OPINION
RIBLET, Bankruptcy Judge.
The issue presented is whether the debtor may utilize 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1) to avoid a Family Law Attorney's Real Property Lien recorded, according to California law, by his former spouse's family law counsel. I conclude that the debtor may not avoid such a lien and, accordingly, deny his motion.
I. FACTS
Debtor filed his voluntary chapter 7 petition on March 19, 2008. The initially filed...
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