In Re Palidora

AMENDED OPINION

RANDOLPH J. HAINES, Bankruptcy Judge.

The Court must here determine whether the cash derived from wages paid prepetition retains the status of a wage exemption, and whether cash derived from child support paid to the debtor prepetition is property of the estate. The Court concludes that the Arizona exemption for wages does not apply once they are paid, but that Arizona statutes and case law deem child support payments to be for the benefit of the child and therefore not property of the parent debtor’s estate, and in any event are exempt, even after receipt and deposit.

When Frank…