In re Conklin

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

REGAN, District Judge.

For determination on this petition for review is the claim of bankrupt to entitlement to the exemption granted by Missouri statutes to the “head of a family.” 1

Bankrupt is the divorced father of three young children whose custody was awarded to their mother by the divorce decree which provided that bankrupt pay $50 per week for their support. In this situation, contending that all other facts are irrelevant, bankrupt argues that Murray v. Zuke, 8 Cir., 408 F.2d 483, is decisive. We do not agree.

The narrow contested issue which Murray decided was…