In Re Evans

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING DEBTOR’S CLAIM FOR EXEMPTION

KAREN KENNEDY BROWN, Bankruptcy Judge.

Before the Court is the Trustee’s Objections to the Debtor’s Claimed Exemptions. The Court has jurisdiction over this contested matter under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334(a) and 157(a), and the District Court’s Order of Reference of Bankruptcy Cases and Proceedings. A proceeding on an objection to a debtor’s claim to exempt property is a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(B).

Jerry Evans seeks to claim $464,911.87 as exempt proceeds from the sale of his rural homestead. As authority for his…