Legal Opinion

In Re Purvis

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Arkansas

Decided April 13, 2010No. 2:09-bk-72968Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BEN T. BARRY, Bankruptcy Judge.

Pauletta J. Purvis, a single person, filed her voluntary, chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on June 16, 2009. On. Schedule C, Purvis exempted certain real estate as her homestead under the Arkansas Constitution, article 9, § 5. On September 24, 2009, the chapter 7 trustee objected to the exemption, arguing that Purvis did not qualify as head of the household under Arkansas law, and, therefore, is not entitled to claim the homestead exemption. The trustee also objected to the values of certain personal property listed on the Purvis’s schedules. On October 2,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Harbison v. VaughanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
  2. Yadon v. YadonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
  3. Baldwin v. ThomasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1903
  4. Leathers v. WarmarkSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  5. Beeson v. ByarsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1933

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