Matter of Betancourt

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

A. JAY CRISTOL, Bankruptcy Judge.

THIS IS a Chapter 7 liquidation case and the matter under consideration is a challenge by the Trustee Arthur Weitzner (Trustee) to the homestead exemption claim of Norma Betancourt (Debtor). It is the contention of the Trustee that because the debtor rented her condominium to a third party under a one year commercial lease, the condominium home located at 9417 Fountainbleu Blvd., # 108, Miami, Florida does not meet the homestead requirements of the homestead exemption as set forth in Florida Constitution Article X section 4 and Florida…