Burman v. Homan (In Re Homan)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge:
I
This appeal raises two questions. The first is whether federal bankruptcy law permits a nondebtor spouse to claim a state homestead exemption in community property where the debtor spouse schedules federal exemptions in unrelated property. The second is whether unrecorded judgments against a marital community create valid liens upon the real property of the marital community under Washington law. We REVERSE in part and AFFIRM in part.
II
FACTS
Daniel Wood Homan and Carolyn Elizabeth Homan, a married couple, purchased twenty acres of real property (“Island…
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