Legal Opinion
In Re Kane
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada
Decided January 12, 2006No. 19-10521PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION SUSTAINING TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO DEBTORS’ HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION
BRUCE A. MARKELL, Bankruptcy Judge.
The debtors in this case, Steven and Linda Siegel Kane, filed a chapter 7 bankruptcy on July 29, 2005. In their schedules, they listed a home in Las Vegas worth $318,000, and noted that it was subject to a $158,000 mortgage, leaving them some $160,000 in equity. Their current schedules claim a homestead exemption in the entire amount of this equity under Nevada law. 1
The Kanes’ bankruptcy trustee, James F. Lisowski, Sr., objected to this claim of exemption. He asserts that Section 522(p)…
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