Legal Opinion
In Re Carstens
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided January 26, 1981No. 19-00354PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WILLIAM W. THINNES, Bankruptcy Judge.
The two cases before the Court present a common question of law. In each of their schedules, the husband-debtor elected to claim his exemptions under Iowa law and claim the entire homestead as exempt. The wife-debtor in each petition elected to choose the Federal exemptions prescribed in 11 U.S.C. § 522(d). The debtors maintained that even though the husband-debtor has claimed the entire,homestead as an exemption, the wife-debtor is entitled to claim as an exemption her aggregate interest in the homestead not to exceed $7,500 in the homestead…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sieg v. GreeneCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Kaser v. HaasSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- In Re the Marriage of TierneySupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
- Merchants Mutual Bonding Co. v. UnderbergSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
- Hostetler v. EddySupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- In the Matter of Corinne N. Cannady, Debtor. Corinne N. Cannady, Cross-Appellees v. Robert B. Wilson, Trustee, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- In Re Brents-PickellUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · 1981
- Hunter v. United States (In re Szabo)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1986
- Baratta v. Polk County Health Services, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1999