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Carpenter v. Ries (In re Carpenter)

Carpenter v. Ries (In re Carpenter)

Ruling
Lump sum social security benefits payment properly excluded from estate by bankruptcy court.
Procedural posture

In appellee debtor's chapter 7 case, appellant bankruptcy trustee objected to exemption from the bankruptcy estate under 42 U.S.C.S. § 407 of a lump sum Social Security benefits payment. The bankruptcy court sustained the trustee's objection. The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit (BAP) reversed, and the trustee appealed.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 30, 2010 , LexisNexis #1010-084