In re Swetic

Chapter 13

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEBTORS’ MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

Michael G. Williamson, United States Bankruptcy Judge

Section 443.051(2), Florida Statutes, provides that unemployment compensation *636“benefits due ... may not be ... encumbered and ... are exempt from all claims of creditors and from ... attachment ... for ... collection of a debt.” At the time they filed this case, the Debtors were holding $15,631 in accumulated unemployment compensation benefits. They claimed those benefits as exempt. But the Court ruled that section 443.051 only exempts benefits owing but not…