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Thanks Mark, David, and Nina - I reluctantly agree, just because this case would be so much easier if I could pretend that the client hadn't signed the note. Thanks for the reinforcement in the honest direction. - John
On Sunday, February 5, 2017 10:31 PM, "'Mark J. Markus' bklawr@yahoo.com [cdcbaa]" wrote:
I don't think so John. I don't think there's much doubt that it is still a debt as defined by 11 USC 101(12). Ask yourself this:es?
The fact that it may be nonrecourse doesn't alter the fact that it was a debt, which was incurred for consumer purposes.
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On 2/5/2017 4:36 PM, John Faucher j.d.faucher@sbcglobal.net [cdcbaa] wrote:
Hello all: Client purchased home with wife 15 years ago, and signed the mortgage. They got divorced, and he quitclaimed the house back to her. Of course, he's still on the mortgage. Is there any way to claim that he doesn't owe the $300,000+ owing on the mortgage, because the bank can't collect it from him? You have no doubt guessed that this makes the difference between a consumer and a nonconsumer debtor - a subject that we recently chewed over at the San Fernando Valley Bar Association. - John D. Faucher 818/889-8080

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I don't think so John. I don't think there's much doubt that it is
still a debt as defined by 11 USC 101(12).
Ask yourself this: Would you feel comfortable omitting that debt
from the debtor's schedules?
The fact that it may be nonrecourse doesn't alter the fact that it
was a debt, which was incurred for consumer purposes.
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Board of Legal Specialization
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On 2/5/2017 4:36 PM, John Faucher j.d.faucher@sbcglobal.net [cdcbaa]
wrote:
>
>
> Hello all:
> Client purchased home with wife 15 years ago, and signed the
> mortgage. They got divorced, and he quitclaimed the house back to
> her. Of course, he's still on the mortgage.
> Is there any way to claim that he doesn't owe the $300,000+ owing
> on the mortgage, because the bank can't collect it from him? You
> have no doubt guessed that this makes the difference between a
> consumer and a nonconsumer debtor - a subject that we recently
> chewed over at the San Fernando Valley Bar Association.
> - John D. Faucher
> 818/889-8080
>
>
>
>

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Hello all:Client purchased home with wife 15 years ago, and signed the mortgage. They got divorced, and he quitclaimed the house back to her. Of course, he's still on the mortgage.Is there any way to claim that he doesn't owe the $300,000+ owing on the mortgage, because the bank can't collect it from him? You have no doubt guessed that this makes the difference between a consumer and a nonconsumer debtor - a subject that we recently chewed over at the San Fernando Valley Bar Association. - John D. Faucher818/889-8080

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