5th Circuit Panel:  Bankruptcy Discharge Did Not Extinguish Lender’s Lien On Home

Mealey's (February 26, 2020, 12:04 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 24 affirmed the dismissal of a woman’s declaratory judgment lawsuit against her mortgage lender, finding that her bankruptcy discharge nearly 10 years ago did not relinquish the lender’s lien on the home (Elizabeth Domel v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., No. 19-50753, 5th Cir.)....