In Re Lumb

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

C. N. CLEVERT, Bankruptcy Judge.

The trustee in this case objected to the $14,219.34 homestead exemption claim by the debtor in accordance with § 815.20, Wis. Stat., on the ground that the debtor was not entitled to the exemption because he was not an owner-occupant of the property as required by the exemption statute. Alternatively, the trustee argued that if the debtor did qualify for the exemption, he should not be allowed to claim more than half of it because the property was jointly owned.

At the hearing held on March 25, 1981, two creditors appeared in support…