In re Hall

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

JIM D. PAPPAS, Bankruptcy Judge.

Introduction

The debtors in this case, Gerald Gregory *899Hall and Sandra Hall1 filed a chapter 72 bankruptcy petition on May 18, 2011. Dkt. No. 1. This decision addresses the Amended Objection to Debtors’ Claims of Exemption filed in that case by the chapter 7 trustee Richard Crawforth (“Trustee”). Dkt. No. 24. Debtors responded to this objection on August 8, 2011. Dkt. No. 31. The Court conducted an evidentiary hearing concerning this contested matter on October 18, 2011, and thereafter invited the parties to submit closing briefs. Dkt. No.…