In re Liao

MEMORANDUM OPINION REGARDING THE OBJECTIONS BY SOCA FUNDING, LLC AND THE TRUSTEE TO THE DEBTOR’S CLAIMED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION

Jeff Bohm, United States Bankruptcy Judge

I. Introduction

In Texas, broad protection is given to homesteads — even if the debtor asserting the homestead exemption has acted in bad faith. In re McDaniel, 70 F.3d 841, 843 (5th Cir.1995). Indeed, the recent Supreme Court decision in Law v. Siegel, — U.S.--, 134 S.Ct. 1188, 188 _L.Ed.2d 146 (2014), further insulates misbehaving debtors from losing their homestead exemptions. Yet, such debtors are still not completely immune…