Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2015
Abstract
A junior mortgage lien cannot be stripped off in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy just because it is entirely underwater. California law pretty much says the same; see Barbieri v Ramelli (1890) 84 C 154, holding that a secured creditor’s demonstration that the mortgages senior to hers exceed the value of the property is not enough to let her bypass the oneaction rule and sue on her note. On the other hand, if the senior has actually foreclosed his superior lien, then she is a “soldout junior” who can sue directly on her note without foreclosing.
Recommended Citation
Bernhardt, Roger, "Bank of America v. Caulkett" (2015). Publications. 745.
https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/pubs/745
Comments
From Real Property Law Reporter (Cal CEB [July 2015]) © The Regents of the University of California, reprinted with permission of CEB.