Legal Opinion
In Re Cathcart
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 29, 1996No. 19-50109PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
STEPHEN S. MITCHELL, Bankruptcy Judge.
Before the court is the objection of the chapter 7 trustee, Robert G. Mayer, to exemptions claimed by the debtors in two Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA’s). The issues are (1) whether, under Virginia law, the wife as the named death beneficiary may claim a homestead exemption in her husband’s IRA, and (2) whether the debtors’ minor children may intervene to assert exemption interests in their father’s IRA’s.
Facts
Brian S. Cathcart and Karen M. Cathcart, who are husband and wife, filed a voluntary petition under chapter 7 of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Patterson v. ShumateSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Henry Clay Tignor v. William C. Parkinson, Jr., in Re Henry Clay Tignor, DebtorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Jones v. ConwellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
- Smith v. ColemanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1945
- In Re HanesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1994
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In Re MuellerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 2000
- Johnston v. Mayer (In Re Johnston)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1998
- In Re BissellUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 2000
- In Re DeHaanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2002
- Yessenow v. Executive Risk IndemnityAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011
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