Legal Opinion
In Re DeMasi
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided December 4, 1998No. Civ.A. 98-16LPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LAGUEUX, Chief Judge.
Anthony and Rebecca DeMasi (the “Debtors”) filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7, and they ask to exempt real property that Anthony DeMasi (“DeMasi”) owns in Rhode Island. The issue is whether that property qualifies as a “residence” under 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(1).
The property at issue is the house on Hillview Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island, where DeMasi grew up. DeMasi’s father originally owned the house, and his aunt Mary Blakely lives there now. Ownership, after a deed filed in 1992, is split between Blakely, Anthony Demasi and his brother Robert…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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