Legal Opinion
In Re Franklin
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 1, 1997No. 19-10628PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
STEPHEN S. MITCHELL, Bankruptcy Judge.
A combined hearing was held on September 9,1997, on the trustees’ objections to the debtors’ claimed homestead exemptions in these two cases. Both cases involve essentially identical facts, and both cases require the court to resolve the same issue: namely, when is a homestead deed “admitted to record” under Va.Code Ann. § 34-14 for the purpose of perfecting the Virginia homestead exemption? The question arises because debtor’s counsel had homestead deeds delivered to the clerk of the appropriate state court within the statutory period…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Jamar v. PattersonTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- Henry Clay Tignor v. William C. Parkinson, Jr., in Re Henry Clay Tignor, DebtorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Zimmerman v. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Davis v. BeazleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
- In Re SmithUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1984
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re NguyenUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1998
- In re Van NguyenUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1998