Legal Opinion
In Re Jones
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 28, 2011No. 94-43253PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO CLAIM OF HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION
MELVIN S. HOFFMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
On July 14, 1994, the debtor and her husband purchased their home at 35 19th Avenue, Haverhill, Massachusetts and took title as tenants by the entirety. On December 12, 1996, the debtor recorded a Declaration of Homestead on her home pursuant to Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 188, § 1 (2010) at the Essex South District Registry of Deeds. Subsequently, the debtor and her husband divorced and on August 1, 1997, pursuant to their divorce agreement, they recorded a quitclaim deed conveying the…
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