Robert Kenneth Conklin v. Edwin J. Gasaway, Trustee

The matter before us involves, once again,1 the “head of the family” concept. This case has to do with the exemption granted to such under Missouri law.2 Here a trustee in bankruptcy is arrayed against a bankrupt-father who claims the exemption. Despite, however, the bankrupt’s claim that he was the head of the family, the District Court, under the facts found by the referee, held that he, living apart from his family, had neither recognized nor discharged his legal obligation under the divorce decree to support his children. Consequently, it was held that the bankrupt was not, at the date of…