Matter of Reuter

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN D. SCHWARTZ, Bankruptcy Judge.

This cause is before the court on the trustee’s objection to a homestead exemption claimed by the debtor, Harold O. Reu-ter, Jr. Mr. Reuter, as the spouse of the titled owner of the marital residence (“Property”) claims a homestead exemption in the Property although he has no ownership interest in it. The court has considered the pleadings, memoranda and conducted its own research and finds, as a matter of Illinois law, that the debtor may claim a $7,500 homestead exemption in the Property without an ownership interest so long as…