In re Zakarian

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON THE TRUSTEE’S LIMITED OBJECTION TO THE DEBTOR’S HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION CLAIM

Melvin S. Hoffman, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

John J. Aquino, the chapter 7 trustee in this case, has filed an objection to the exemption in real property claimed by the debtor, Constantin Zakarian, requesting that the amount of the exemption be limited either to $125,000, the so-called automatic homestead exemption under Massachusetts law, or $160,375, based on the maximum exemption allowable under the Bankruptcy Code for property interests acquired by a debtor during the 1,215 day period…