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§ 522(d)

Poivey, In re

Ruling
Royalty check proceeds were marital property to which debtor husband was entitled to applyhis wildcard exemption rights. (Bankr. E.D. Wis.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Types of Exempt Property; General Surplus.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on May 11, 2018 , LexisNexis #0618-043

Odam, In re

Ruling
Court sustained trustee's objection to debtor's exemption claim to rental properties he ownedas they were not part of a homestead claim. (Bankr. N.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Types of Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 22, 2018 , LexisNexis #0418-011

Faulring, In re

Ruling
Debtor's claim of an exemption could not extend to the separate dwelling that he rented to athird party or the undeveloped property that adjoined the lot on which he resided. (Bankr.W.D.N.Y.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Types of Exempt Property; Interest in Residential Property or Burial Plot.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 30, 2017 , LexisNexis #1017-075

Tankersley, In re

Ruling
Debtors could not claim a property exempt as their residence as they did not reside norintended to reside on the property. (Bankr. E.D. Ark.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Types of Exempt Property; Interest in Residential Property or Burial Plot.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 28, 2017 , LexisNexis #1017-011

Farmer, In re

Ruling
Debtors' exemption was granted as they properly completed their Schedule C and the trustee failed to establish that the value of their claimed exemptions exceeded the statutory limit. (Bankr. E.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Types of Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 27, 2017 , LexisNexis #0917-046

Morris, In re

Ruling
Debtors were not entitled to homestead exemption as they failed to provide any valuation oftheir interest in their jointly owned property. (Bankr. W.D. Ky.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Types of Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 12, 2017 , LexisNexis #0817-071

Pearson, In re

Ruling
Debtor was allowed to claim a homestead exemption of agricultural land they owned as the debtor had leased the land to a partnership he created with his father that farmed the land. (Bankr. N.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Types of Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 26, 2017 , LexisNexis #0517-128

Hill, In re

Ruling
Trustee could not recover transfers to a court officer enforcing seizure order as such transfers were involuntary. (Bankr. W.D. Mich.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Types of Exempt Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 24, 2017 , LexisNexis #0517-127

Broderick, In re

Ruling
Trustee's objection to debtor's claim of exemption in property overruled as debtor met herburden to establish constructive use of the property in question as residence. (Bankr. D. Mass.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions; Types of Exempt Property; Interest in Residential Property or Burial Plot.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 31, 2017 , LexisNexis #0317-011

In re Colon

Ruling
Salaries earned by debtors between filing of chapter 11 case and conversion to chapter 7 wereproperty of the estate. (Bankr. D.P.R.)
Issue(s)
Should exemption of salaries earned by the debtors in the time between the filing of their chapter 11 petition and the subsequent conversion of their case to chapter 7 be denied?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 05, 2016 , LexisNexis #1016-113