Legal Opinion

In the Matter of Sherri L. Lyons, Debtor-Appellee. Robert M. Magill, Trustee v. State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 6, 1992No. 90-3208PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

As an employee of the State of Illinois, Sherri L. Lyons is required to participate in the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS), Ill.Rev.Stat., ch. 108y2, §§ 14-101 et seq., in which mandatory contributions are deducted from her wages. Employees are allowed to withdraw their contributions only upon termination of employment, retirement, or disability. SERS has no provision for withdrawal of any contributions for hardship, loans, or payments to creditors. 1

Lyons claimed an exemption of her SERS contributions in her voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition. The Trustee…

2Cases cited15 opinions

Central Trust Co. v. Shepard (In Re Shepard)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 1983
Schechter v. Balay (In Re Balay)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1990
Christison v. Slane (In Re Silldorff)District Court, C.D. Illinois · 1989
In Re SheridanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Vermont · 1983
Watson v. Kincaid (In Re Kincaid)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1989

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3Cited by17 opinions

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Gouveia v. Internal Revenue Service of the United States (In Re Quality Health Care)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 1997
French v. Johnson (In Re Coomer)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 2007
William Lawrence v. Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015

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