Emmerich v. Lampi
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KATZ, Bankruptcy Judge:
This appeal is a consolidation of three cases which were decided together in the trial court. The sole question to be decided is whether joint debtors may “stack” their exemptions by one spouse claiming property which is exempt under California law, while the other spouse claims property exempt under Federal law.
The debtors, ARTHUR and CLAUDIA DILL, filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on December 6, 1979. Their schedules disclosed a family home with a stated value of $42,000, encumbrances of $25,900, for a net equity of…
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