Legal Opinion
In re Wrobel
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York
Decided March 28, 2014No. 12-13001 KPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MICHAEL J. KAPLAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The § 522(o) 1 Objection to a Claim of Homestead Exemption, and Why it Was Filed
This is a matter of first impression in New York. The reader is asked to consider this hypothetical:
“I am an unemployed middle-aged woman. I escaped an abusive marriage by means of a divorce proceeding that netted me $101,000, but no home. My daughter was getting married. Her fiancee had been trying for several months to sell his one-bedroom condominium apartment through a broker at market value. So I took $75,000 of what I got from the divorce and paid him…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- In Re Mark Scarpino, Debtor. Marine Midland Bank v. Mark Scarpino, Debtor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- In Re MarondeUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 2005
- In re DeWolfeUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York · 2013
3Cited by5 opinions
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