Bakhshoudeh v. Ghanizadeh
Defendant Mina Ghanizadeh appeals a judgment quieting title in a parcel of real property in favor of plaintiffs Ayoub Bakhshoudeh and California Reconveyance Company (CRC) following the trial courts order granting plaintiffs summary judgment motion. Defendant contends the trial court lacked jurisdiction over the case because she had previously obtained a bankruptcy court judgment quieting title to the property in her name. She further contends Bakhshoudehs actual knowledge of a recorded lis pendens referencing the previous bankruptcy adversary proceeding at the time he refinanced the property defeated his bona fide purchaser status.
We conclude the trial court properly granted summary judgment and quieted title in plaintiffs favor. The bankruptcy courts exclusive jurisdiction over the property as property of the debtor was never properly invoked, and Bakhshoudeh was never afforded a full and fair opportunity to defend the bankruptcy adversary proceeding. Court further conclude defendants recording of the lis pendens did not defeat Bakhshoudehs bona fide purchaser status because Bakhshoudeh recorded his interest before defendant recorded the lis pendens. Accordingly, Court affirm.
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