Case Title: In re Stewart

Citation: 2002-Ohio-3526

Docket Number: 20012031

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2002-07-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as In re Stewart, 96 Ohio St.3d 67, 2002-Ohio-3526.] 
 
 
IN RE STEWART ET AL. 
IN RE PERRY ET AL. 
[Cite as In re Stewart, 96 Ohio St.3d 67, 2002-Ohio-3526.] 
Real property — Former R.C. 5301.234 can 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. 
(No. 2001-2031 — Submitted June 5, 2002 — Decided July 24, 2002.) 
ON ORDER from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the United States Sixth 
Circuit Court of Appeals, Certifying a Question of State Law, Nos. 01-8090 and 
01-8032. 
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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. 
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Luper, Sheriff & Neidenthal and Kenneth M. Richards, for petitioner 
William B. Logan Jr., trustee. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A., and Geoffrey J. Peters, for 
respondent City Loan Financial Services, Inc. 
 
McFadden & Associates Co., L.P.A., and David A. Freeburg, for 
respondent Charter One Credit Corporation. 
 
Havens Willis L.L.C., Michael J. Sikora III and Lori L. Reisinger, for 
amicus curiae Ohio Land Title Association. 
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