In Re Lingerfelt

MEMORANDUM

JOHN C. COOK, Bankruptcy Judge.

This case came on to be heard upon the trustee’s objection to the debtors’ claim of a homestead exemption. The determinative issue in this ease is whether the holder of a remainder interest in a life estate may claim the Tennessee homestead exemption provided for by Tenn.Code Ann. § 26-2-301, which reads in pertinent part:

An individual, regardless of whether he is head of a family, shall be entitled to a homestead exemption upon real property which is owned by the individual and used by him, his spouse, or a dependent, as a principal place of residence.