In Re Gaudreault

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON SONYA L. SALKIN’S OBJECTION TO DEBTOR’S CLAIM OF EXEMPTION

WILLIAM C. HILLMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.

I. Introduction

The matter before the Court is Sonya L. Salkin’s (“Salkin”) objection to the home stead exemption of David B. Gaudreault (the “Debtor”). The Debtor filed the prerequisite to a Massachusetts homestead, a Declaration of Homestead, after an involuntary petition was filed against him but before the order for relief was entered. Salkin, a judgment creditor, argues that because exemptions are determined on the date the bankruptcy petition is filed and the Debtor…