In Re Howlett

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

JIM D. PAPPAS, Bankruptcy Judge.

Introduction

This case presents an interesting twist on a debtor’s homestead exemption claim. Chapter 7 debtor Lynne Y. Howlett (“Debtor”) claims as her homestead, utilizing Oregon’s statute, her 25% interest in her deceased mother’s estate trust, which owned a house in Seaside, Oregon (the “Seaside home”). R. Sam Hopkins, the chapter 7 trustee (“Trustee”), filed a Trustee’s Objection to Amended Claim of Exemption, Docket No. 28, to which Debtor responded. Docket No. 31. Trustee also filed an Application to Employ Accountant, Docket No. 29,…