Legal Opinion
In RE LeCLAIR
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 19, 2011No. 17-12968PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO EXEMPTIONS
MELVIN S. HOFFMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The Chapter 7 trustee has objected to the debtors’ claimed exemptions in a vehicle and to Ms. LeClair’s claimed exemption in certain retirement assets. The debtors oppose. After a nonevidentiary hearing on the objection, the parties submitted memo-randa of law. The trustee challenged the debtors’ claimed exemptions in a 2004 Dodge Durango because they failed to provide documentation to establish that the automobile was jointly owned. The trustee asserted that only one of the debtors could…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re: Nell Carter, Debtor. Nell Carter v. Peter C. Anderson, Chapter 7trustee,appelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Trucken v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- In Re SlossUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2002
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