Failla v. Citibank, N.A., No. 15-15626 (11th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiffs filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and agreed that they would surrender their house to discharge their mortgage debt. At issue is whether a person who agrees to “surrender” his house in bankruptcy may oppose a foreclosure action in state court. The court affirmed the bankruptcy court's grant of Citibank's motion to compel surrender in the bankruptcy court because the word “surrender” in the bankruptcy code, 11 U.S.C. 521(a)(2), requires that debtors relinquish their right to possess the property. Therefore, the bankruptcy court had the authority to compel plaintiffs to fulfill their mandatory duty under section 521(a)(2) not to oppose the foreclosure action in state court. The court denied as moot the motion to strike.
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