In re Stewart

Ohio Supreme Court

In re Stewart

96 Ohio St. 3d 67

Ohio Supreme Court·Decided July 24, 2002·No. No. 2001-2031·Published·Cited by 10 cases

Opinion

{¶ 1} This matter is before the court on a certified question of state law from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The panel certified the following question:

{¶ 2} “Can Ohio Revised Code § 5301.234 be applied to presume the validity of a mortgage in a bankruptcy case filed after the effective date of the statute, when the mortgage at issue in the bankruptcy case was recorded before the statute’s effective date?”

{¶ 3} The certified question is answered in the affirmative.

Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.

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{¶ 1} This matter is before the court on a certified question of state law from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The panel certified the following question:

{¶ 2} “Can Ohio Revised Code § 5301.234 be applied to presume the validity of a mortgage in a bankruptcy case filed after the effective date of the statute, when the mortgage at issue in the bankruptcy case was recorded before the statute’s effective date?”

{¶ 3} The certified question is answered in the affirmative.

Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.

In re Stewart, 96 Ohio St. 3d 67 (Ohio 2002).

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