Legal Opinion
Gourdin v. Agin (In Re Gourdin)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit
Decided June 17, 2010No. BAP No. MB 09-070. Bankruptcy No. 09-16884-FJBPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KORNREICH, Bankruptcy Judge.
David A. Gourdin, Sr., is the debtor in this case. Warren E. Agin, the chapter 7 trustee, objected to the debtor’s claim of a homestead exemption in his former marital residence under Massachusetts law on grounds that the state probate court had divested the debtor of his interest in that property in a divorce action prior to bankruptcy. This appeal by the debtor is from the order of the bankruptcy court sustaining the trustee’s objection. We AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
The debtor and Michelle Gourdin were married in 1986 and purchased their marital residence in 1989. 1 In…
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