Legal Opinion
Michaels v. Zubrod (In Re Michaels)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2002No. BAP Nos. WY-02-002, WY-02-003. Bankruptcy Nos. 01-21565, 01-21511PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHAEL, Bankruptcy Judge.
Debtors Carrie Ann Michaels (“Mi-chaels”), Michael Anthony Vigil, and Tina llene Vigil (the “Vigils,” collectively “Debtors”) bring these appeals from separate orders of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Wyoming (“bankruptcy court”) sustaining the Chapter 7 trustee’s objections to their exemptions in the cash surrender value of certain life insurance policies. Because there are no facts in dispute and both appeals turn on the same legal issue, we address them together. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I. Background
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