Legal Opinion
In Re Bentley
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas
Decided January 10, 2000No. 16-05103PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION 1
JOHN T. FLANNAGAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
Kansas has enacted an exemption statute that adopts by reference the federal alimony exemption listed in 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(10)(D) covering: “alimony, support, or separate maintenance,- to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the debtor and any dependent of the debtor.” Cindy Lou Bentley holds a $25,-000 alimony judgment hen on her former marital residence. She claims it exempt in her Chapter 7 bankruptcy as alimony under the federal alimony exemption language adopted by the Kansas statute. The court concludes that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Clinton v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- In Re SheffieldUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 1997
3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re GintherUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas · 2002
- Diener v. McBeth (In Re Diener)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- In Re EllertsonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 2000
- Harbaugh v. Sweet (In Re Harbaugh)District Court, E.D. Michigan · 2001
- In re: Daniel W. Brown v.Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 2008