United States Eleventh Circuit

11 U.S.C. section 1322(c)(2) permits Chapter 13 debtors to bifurcate undersecured, short-term home mortgages into secured and unsecured claims, with the unsecured claim subject to "cramdown" pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 1325(a)(5).

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/10/2002
• Published 07/10/2002

Judges

• WILSON, Circuit Judge:, Before WILSON, HILL and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Larry W. Johnson, Morris, Schneider & Prior, L.L.C., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant., D. Jean Ryan, Law Office of D. Jean Ryan, Miami, FL, for Amicus National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney.


• For Appellees:
  
• William A. Edwards, Columbus, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.