In re Pool

H. CHRISTOPHER MOTT, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE

Here, the Court wrestles with whether two separate parcels of land are both exempt as a rural homestead under Texas law, when one rural parcel is used to operate the debtors' body shop business. The Court concludes that the debtors may claim both parcels as a rural homestead protected under Texas law. As a result, the Court will deny the creditor's objection to the rural homestead exemption.

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PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On August 8, 2018, Roy Kevin Pool and Cynthia Anne Pool ("Debtors"), filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy case. John Patrick Lowe…