In re: David William Bigelow and Marcia Joan Bigelow

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI In re: ) ) David William Bigelow and ) Case No. 25-60633 Marcia Joan Bigelow, ) ) Debtors. ) Chapter 7 ORDER SUSTAINING TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO EXEMPTION The present dispute requires the court to determine whether an artist-debtor’s artwork and related items are “household goods” under Missouri and bankruptcy exemption law. Chapter 7 debtors David and Marcia Bigelow claim a household goods exemption in David’s artwork and related items. Chapter 7 trustee Bruce Strauss objects to the exemption, arguing, among other…