Opinion ID: 177561
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Heading: Availability of State-Court Forum

Text: As if more were needed, the bankruptcy judge properly held that the state-court forum was appropriate to litigate Redmond's potential claims. The amount needed to cure a mortgage default is a question of state law; § 1322(e) of the Bankruptcy Code expressly provides that the amount necessary to cure a default is determined in accordance with the underlying agreement and applicable nonbankruptcy law. 11 U.S.C. § 1322(e). The state court could therefore adequately entertain Redmond's challenges to the amounts Pinnacle was claiming. Redmond argues that he could not bring his claims in state court because bankruptcy courts have exclusive jurisdiction over sanctions under § 362(h) of the Bankruptcy Code. Id. § 362(h). This argument is meritless. For the reasons we have explained, Redmond has no basis for sanctions under bankruptcy law. AFFIRMED.