Bankr. L. Rep. P 76,529 in Re Stanley W. Gerrald, Debtor. Stanley W. Gerrald v. William Randall Wright, Chapter 7 Trustee

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Stanley Gerrald, a chapter 7 bankruptcy debtor, appeals the district court’s 1 decision affirming the bankruptcy court’s 2 decision denying Gerrald’s claim of a homestead exemption under Arkansas law. Both the bankruptcy court and the district court found that Gerrald was not entitled to the homestead exemption because he had abandoned his homestead prior to filing for bankruptcy. We affirm.

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Stanley Gerrald was married and lived with his wife in a house in Texarkana, Arkansas, until she filed for a divorce in April 1992. He was removed from the house after his wife…