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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION
IN RE:
WILLIAM AND MARTHA PULLUM CASE NO. 14-30215-JCO CHAPTER 11 Debtor. ______/
MOTION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL PROPERTY FREE AND CLEAR OF LIENS AND OTHER INTERESTS
Pursuant to Rule 6004(c) of the Rules of
Bankruptcy Procedure and 11 U.S.C. §363, William and Martha Pullum, Debtors-in-Possession
(“Debtors”), by their undersigned attorney, hereby file their Motion for Authority to Sell Property
Free and Clear of Liens and Other Interests to Fred
R. And Mary Jane B. McDevitt (“Buyers”), and as grounds therefore will show:
1. Debtors filed their petition under Chapter
11 of the Bankruptcy Code on March 15, 2014, and are the duly authorized Debtors-in-Possession. Case 14-30215-JCO Doc 227 Filed 07/11/16 Page 2 of 26
2. The property of the estate includes the real property in Santa Rosa County, located at 9271
Lilge Circle, Navarre, Florida, more particularly described as follows:
Lot 5, Block A, Pine Ranch Subdivision, a planned unit development, being in Section 22, Township 2 South, Range 26 West, according to plat recorded in Plat Book F, Page 14, of the Public Records of Santa Rosa County, Florida
Parcel ID No. 22-2S-26-3193-00A00-0050 together with some of the furniture and fixtures as described in the attached Contract.
(hereinafter “Real Property”).
3. Movants propose to sell the above-described real property to Fred R. and Jane B. McDevitt, for the sum of $675,000.00 payable in cash in full at closing, free and clear of liens and other interests. From the proceeds of the sale, Movant will pay the costs normally associated with closings of real property including realtors commissions, recording fees, and real property Case 14-30215-JCO Doc 227 Filed 07/11/16 Page 3 of 26
taxes.
4. To the best of Movant's information and belief Compass Bank has or may claim to have a lien on the property. By prior Motion (Doc. 189) and
Order (Doc. 190) a settlement was approved with
Compass Bank and Compass Bank will be paid
$500,000.00 from the proceeds of the sale.
5. To the best of Movant's information and belief SE Property Holdings, LLC has or may claim to have a lien on the property by virtue of a certified copy of a Final Judgment recorded in the public records of Santa Rosa County on July 8,
2013. Debtors dispute this lien for the following reasons:
a. On November 12, 1997, the Debtors purchased the Real Property.
b. The Real Property is outside the city limits of any municipality and is less than one (1) Case 14-30215-JCO Doc 227 Filed 07/11/16 Page 4 of 26
acre;
c. Debtors have actually occupied the Real
Property;
d. Debtors occupancy of the property has at all relevant times been with the intent to reside on the Real Property as their home;
e. The Real Property constitutes the Debtors homestead pursuant to Florida Constitution Article
X, §4; and
f. As a result, Defendant’s judgment liens did not attach to the Lilge Circle property. Florida
Constitution Art. X, §4.
6. The purchasers under the Sale Agreement is purchasing the Real Property in good faith and is entitled to the protection of §363(m) of the
Bankruptcy Code.
WHEREFORE, Movants prays for an order: Case 14-30215-JCO Doc 227 Filed 07/11/16 Page 5 of 26
1) granting the Motion and authorizing the
Debtors to sell the property free and clear of the liens and interests, as set forth herein, with same, if valid, to attach to the proceeds;
2) authorizing the Debtors to pay $500,000.00 to Compass Bank; and
3) for a determination that the Buyers upon closing is entitled to the benefit and protection of §363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code,
4) for authority to execute and modify terms, so long as modifications are not material, of all documents necessary to consummate the sale; and
5) for such other and further relief as is just and proper.
/s/ John E. Venn, Jr. JOHN E. VENN, JR., P.A. FL Bar No. 184992 220 W. Garden St., #603 Pensacola, FL 32502 (850) 438-0005 [email protected] Case 14-30215-JCO Doc 227 Filed 07/11/16 Page 6 of 26
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished to ROBERT POWELL at [email protected], DAVID POWELL at [email protected], GAVIN STEWART at [email protected], ANDREA LYONS at [email protected], WILLIAM KETCHERSID at [email protected], PHILIP BATES at [email protected], JUDSON BRANDT at [email protected], TODD LACOUCEUR at [email protected], KEITH BELL, JR. at [email protected], RICHARD GAAL at [email protected], KEVIN HING at [email protected], JAMES MCCACHREN, III at [email protected], and CHARLES EDWARDS at [email protected] via NEF and to all other creditors and parties in interest on the attached mailing matrix by regular U.S. Mail, this 11th day of July, 2016.
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Compass Bank (Real Esstate/Other) Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon, P.A. Estate of Charles Clary c/o Ascension Capital Group 30 S. Spring Street c/o William Scott Foster P.O. Box 201347 Pensacola, FL 32502-5612 909 Mar Walt Dr Arlington, TX 76006-1347 Suite 1014 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547-6757
First City Bank of Ft. Walton First Exchange Bank, a division of Farmers E Florida Dept. of Labor/Employment Security c/o Philip A. Bates, PA c/o Judson C. Brandt, Esquire c/o Florida Dept. of Revenue P.O. Box 1390 Post Office Box 13010 P.O. Box 6668 Pensacola, FL 32591-1390 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010 Tallahassee, FL 32314-6668
Florida Dept. of Revenue Gulf Coast Community Bank Hancock Bank Bankruptcy Unit 40 North Palafox Street c/o Keith L. Bell, Jr. P.O. Box 6668 Pensacola, FL 32502-5626 Clark, Partington, Hart Tallahassee, FL 32314-6668 106 East college Ave. Suite 600 Tallahassee, FL 32301-7721 Richard Linton Martha S. Pullum William A. Pullum c/o Robert J. Powell, Esq. 9271 Lilge Cir. 9271 Lilge Cir. Post Office Box 13010 Navarre, FL 32566-2934 Navarre, FL 32566-2934 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010
Leigh Rossi SE Property Holdings, LLC Santa Rosa County Tax Collector Pullum Real Estate Group c/o Richard M. Gaal Attn: Delinquent Tax Department 8052 Navarre Parkway McDowell Knight Roedder and Sledge, LLC 6495 Caroline Street, Ste E Navarre, FL 32566-7550 P.O. Box 350 Milton, FL 32570-4592 Mobile, AL 36601-0350
Trustmark National Bank U.S. Attorney (Pensacola Office) U.S. Attorney (Tallahassee Office) c/o Robert J. Powell 21 E. Garden Street #400 111 N. Adams Street Clark Partington Hart Pensacola, FL 32502-5675 Fourth Floor 125 W. Romana St., #800 Tallahassee, FL 32301-7736 Pensacola, FL 32502-5856
U.S. Bank National Association (successor to (p)U S SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Daniel A. Wakley Kevin L. Hing ATLANTA REG OFFICE AND REORG c/o Robert J. Powell, Esq. Shapiro, Fishman and Gach, LLP 950 E PACES FERRY RD NE STE 900 Post Office Box 13010 4630 Woodland Corp. Blvd, Suite 100 ATLANTA GA 30326-1382 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010 Tampa, FL 33614-2429
*Bank of the South *BankTrust *Beach Community Bank P. O. Box 3229 7700 Hwy. 98 West Attn: Sasha L. Eastburn Pensacola, FL 32516-3229 Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459-3271 17 SE Eglin Pkwy. Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32548-5421
*Beach Community Bank Case 14-30215-JCO *Beach Community Doc 227 Bank Filed 07/11/16 Page *Compass 22 of Bank26 P. O. Box 4400 c/o Robert J. Powell, Esq. 5055 Bayou Blvd. Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549-4400 PO Box 13010 Pensacola, FL 32503-2534 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010
*Crescent Shores Properties, Inc. *Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon, P.A. *Estate Of Charles Clary 8494 Navarre Pkwy c/o Andrea C. Lyons, Esq. c/o William L. Ketchersid, Esq. Navarre, FL 32566-6947 30 South Spring Street Ward & Ketchersid, P.A. Pensacola, Florida 32502-5612 1241 Airport Rd., Suite H Destin, Florida 32541-2954
*FNBT.COM Bank *FNBT.COM Bank *First City Bank 29 Eglin Pkwy. P. O. Drawer 1327 135 Perry Ave., SE Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549-1327 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548-5552
*First City Bank *First Exchange Bank *First Exchange Bank, c/o Philip A. Bates, PA P. O. Box 383 a division of Farmers Exchange Bank P.O. Box 1390 Brewton, AL 36427-0383 c/o Judson C. Brandt, Esquire Pensacola, FL 32591-1390 Post Office Box 13010 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010
*Frank and Shan Cecilio *Gulf Coast Community Bank *Gulf Coast Community Bank 3667 Rocky Creek Ct. 40 N. Palafox St. 4885 Highway 90 San Jose, CA 95148-1421 Pensacola, FL 32502-5626 Milton, FL 32571-1401
*Gulf Coast Community Bank *Hancock Bank *Hancock Bank c/o Todd LaDouceur,Esq. 2510 14th St. P. O. Box 4019 118 East Garden St. Gulfport, MS 39501-1948 Gulfport, MS 39502-4019 Pensacola, FL 32502-5624
*Office of U.S. Trustee *SE Property Holdings, LLC *Trustmark National Bank 110 E. Park Ave. c/o Richard M. Gaal C/O Robert J. Powell Suite 128 P.O. Box 350 Post Office Box 13010 Tallahassee, FL 32301-7728 Mobile, AL 36601-0350 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010
*U.S. Bank National Association *U.S. Bank, N.A. *Wells Fargo c/o Kevin L Hing c/o Selet Portfolio Servicing, Inc. 225 Water St. 4630 Woodland Corporate Blvd. 3815 South West Temple St. 830, MAC Z 3055-084 Suite 100 Salt Lake City, UT 84115-4412 Jacksonville, FL 32202-5197 Tampa, FL 33614-2429
(p)AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE Ascension Capital Group (p)BANK OF AMERICA P O BOX 168088 PO Box 201347 PO BOX 982238 IRVING TX 75016-8088 Arlington, TX 76006-1347 EL PASO TX 79998-2238
Bank of the South Bankruptcy Est of Bill Pullum Realty Inc Bart Pullum c/o Robert J. Powell Sherry F. Chancellor, Trustee 8494 Navarre Pkwy. Post Office Box 13010 619 West Chase Street Navarre, FL 32566-6947 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010 Pensacola, FL 32502-4711
Bill Pullum Realty, Inc. Case 14-30215-JCO Bryan Kiefer Doc 227 Filed 07/11/16 Page Capital 23 of One 26 as Coll Assn RMCTL 2013 8494 Navarre Pkwy. P. O. Box 6887 PO Box 54426 Navarre, FL 32566-6934 Miramar Beach, FL 32550-1006 New Orleans, LA 70154-4426
Charles Renfroe Charles W. Clary, III Chase 6064 Bud Moulton Rd. 1241 Airport Rd. P. O. Box 15298 Crestview, FL 32536-9010 Destin, FL 32541-2954 Wilmington, DE 19850-5298
Compass Bank Condominium Management Svc. Dan Wakley P.O. Box 10566 P. O. Box 10977 9275 Lilge Cir. Birmingham, AL 35296-0001 Pensacola, FL 32524-0977 Navarre, FL 32566-2934
Dennis McKelvy Destin Holiday Beach Resort Douglas A. Davis 661 Pint La La Rd. P. O. Box 125 5729 Griffith Mill Rd. Hope Hull, AL 36043 Destin, FL 32540-0125 Baker, FL 32531-5321
Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon First Bankcard First Capital Bank 30 S. Spring St. P. O. Box 2557 P. O. Box 270 Pensacola, FL 32502-5612 Omaha, NE 68103-2557 Marianna, FL 32447-0270
First Exchange Bank First Federal Bank of Florida First National Bank of Omaha c/o Robert J. Powell, Esq. Attn: Pam Hitt 1620 Dodge Street Stop Code 3105 Post Office Box 13010 PO Box 2029 Omaha, NE 68197-0002 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010 Lake City, FL 32056-2029
Garrett Walton Gilbert Fontenot Gulf Coast Community Bank 2605 Semoran Dr. P. O. Box 1251 118 East Garden Street Pensacola, FL 32503-5023 Mobile, AL 36633-1251 Pensacola, FL 32502-5624
Hancock Bank Internal Revenue Service J Arby Van Slyke c/o Keith L. Bell, Jr. P.O. Box 7346 P. O. Box 13244 106 East College Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19101-7346 Pensacola, FL 32591-3244 Suite 600 Tallahassee, FL 32301-7721
J. Jerome Miller James B. Porter John S. Mead 91 Baywinds Dr. Bank of America Tower 24 Walter Martin Rd., NE Destin, FL 32541-3752 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 2600 Suite 2 Jacksonville, FL 32202-3629 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548-4968
John W. Brooks, III Keith L. Bell, Jr. Michael Mead 231 Brian Cir. Clark Partington P. O. Box 1329 Mary Esther, FL 32569-1651 106 East College Ave. Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549-1329 Suite 600 Tallahassee, FL 32301-7721
Paula Stuckey Case 14-30215-JCO Pullum Properties, Doc 227 Inc. Filed 07/11/16 Page Rebecca 24 of L. 26 Price 8494 Navarre Pkwy. 8494 Navarre Pkwy. 5720 East Bay Blvd Navarre, FL 32566-6947 Navarre, FL 32566-6947 Gulf Breeze, FL 32563-9664
Regions Bank Richard Linton Richard Lowry P. O. Box 5014 1800 Winston Ave. 133 Hospital Dr., NE Montgomery, AL 36103-5014 Navarre, FL 32566-7579 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548-5063
Rotary Properties, Inc. Russell Merrill SE Property Holdings, LLC 8494 Navarre Pkwy. 3116 Calle De Cortez P. O. Box 3500 Navarre, FL 32566-6947 Navarre, FL 32566-8925 Newark, OH 43058-3500
SE Property Holdings, LLC as successor Santa Rosa County Tax Collector Santa Rosa County Tax Collector by merger to Vision Bank 6495 Caroline Street Ste E P. O. Box 7100 c/o Richard M. Gaal Milton, FL 32570-4592 Milton, FL 32572 PO Box 350 Mobile, AL 36601-0350
Scope Leasing, Inc. (c)STEPHEN ORSILLO Stephen and Kathy Shaw 140 East Town St., Ste. 1010 5110 SUNFOREST DR STE 120 9831 Kilchis River Rd. Columbus, OH 43215-5220 TAMPA FL 33634-6307 Tillamook, OR 97141-9283
Sun Life Assurance Todd LaDouceur Trustmark National Bank Company of Canada 118 E. Garden St. c/o Robert J. Powell, Esq. P. O. Box 9106 Pensacola, FL 32502-5624 Post Office Box 13010 Wellesley Hills, MA 02481-9106 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010
U.S. Bank National Association (successor to Vic's of Navarre, Inc. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. c/o Steven Powrozek, Esq. 44 Tranquility Ln. c/o Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP 4630 Woodlad Corporate Boulevard Destin, FL 32541-4780 Attn: Mary Scott Suite 100 50 N. Laura Street, Ste 2600 Tampa, FL 33614-2429 Jacksonville, FL 32202-3629
White Oak Properties, Inc. William Charles Clary, III William McKelvy 8494 Navarre Pkwy. c/o David L. Powell P. O. Box 217 Navarre, FL 32566-6947 1241 Airport Road Baker, FL 32531-0217 Suite H Destin, FL 32541-2954
William and Ann Permenter Yellow River Ranch, LLC United States Trustee + 236 Sabine Dr. 2605 Semoran Dr. 110 E. Park Avenue Pensacola Beach, FL 32561-5223 Pensacola, FL 32503-5023 Suite 128 Tallahassee, FL 32301-7728
Philip Alan Bates + John E. Venn + Charles F. Edwards + Philip A. Bates, P.A. John E. Venn, Jr., P.A. Office of U.S. Trustee P.O. Box 1390 220 W. Garden St. 110 East Park Avenue Pensacola, FL 32591-1390 Suite 603 Suite 128 Pensacola, FL 32502-5732 Tallahassee, FL 32301-7728
Secretary of the Treasury + Case 14-30215-JCO Todd M. LaDouceur Doc 227 + Filed 07/11/16 Page William 25 of Lee 26 Ketchersid + U.S. Treasury Department Todd M. LaDouceur, P.A. Ward & Ketchersid, P.A. 15th & Pennsylvania Ave. 118 E. Garden Street 1241 Airport Rd., Suite H Washington, DC 20220-0001 Pensacola, FL 32502-5624 Destin, FL 32541-2954
Gavin Stewart + Richard M. Gaal + Robert James Powell + Stewart Legal Group McDowell Knight Roedder and Sledge, LLC Clark Partington Hart P.O. Box 5703 P. O. Box 350 P. O. Box 13010 Clearwater, FL 33758-5703 Mobile, AL 36601-0350 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010
David Lewis Powell + James R. McCachren III+ Kevin L. Hing + Ward & Ketchersid, P.A. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Shapiro, Fishman and Gach, LLP 1241 Airport Rd., Ste. H 50 North Laura Street 4630 Woodland Corp. Blvd, Suite 100 Destin, FL 32541-2954 Suite 2600 Tampa, FL 33614-2429 Jacksonville, FL 32202-3629
Judson C. Brandt + Andrea C. Lyons + Clark, Partington, Hart Emmanuel, Sheppard and Condon P. O. Box 13010 30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32591-3010 Pensacola, FL 32502-5612
The preferred mailing address (p) above has been substituted for the following entity/entities as so specified by said entity/entities in a Notice of Address filed pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 342(f) and Fed.R.Bank.P. 2002 (g)(4).
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Acura Financial Services (d)American Honda Finance Corporation Branch of Reorganization P. O. Box 166469 National Bankruptcy Center 3475 Lenox Rd., N.E. Suite 100 Irving, TX 75016 P.O. Box 168088 Atlanta, GA 30326-1323 Irving, TX 75016-8088 866-716-6441
Bank of America P. O. Box 982235 El Paso, TX 79998
Addresses marked (c) above for the following entity/entities were corrected as required by the USPS Locatable Address Conversion System (LACS).
Stephen Orsillo 5110 Eisenhower Blvd., Ste. 120 Tampa, FL 33634
The following recipients may be/have been bypassed for notice due to an undeliverable (u) or duplicate (d) address.
(u)WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Case 14-30215-JCO (u)*Beach DocCommunity 227 Bank Filed 07/11/16 Page (d)*Hancock 26 of 26 Bank c/o Yancey F. Langston, Esquire c/o Keith L Bell, Jr. WITHDREW APPEARANCE 3/17/14 Clark, Partington, Hart 106 East College Ave, Suite 600 Tallahassee, FL 32301-7721
(d)*U.S. Bank National Association (d)Beach Community Bank (d)Crescent Shores Properties, Inc. c/o Kevin L. Hing c/o Robert J. Powell, Esq. 8494 Navarre Pkwy. 4630 Woodland Corporate Blvd. Post Office Box 13010 Navarre, FL 32566-6947 Suite 100 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010 Tampa, FL 33614-2429
(d)Daniel A. Wakley (d)Estate of Charles Clary (d)Gulf Coast Community Bank c/o Robert J. Powell, Esq. c/o William Scott Foster 40 North Palafox Street PO Box 13010 909 Mar Walt Dr. Pensacola, FL 32502-5626 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010 Suite 1014 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547-6757
(d)Shan R Cecilio (d)Internal Revenue Service + End of Label Matrix 944 Bruen Street P.O. Box 7346 Mailable recipients 130 St. Augustine, FL 32084-1033 Philadelphia, PA 19101-7346 Bypassed recipients 11 Total 141