Legal Opinion
In Re Cole
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine
Decided August 2, 1995No. 19-10052PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
JAMES B. HAINES, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
Submitted for decision on a stipulated record is the trustee’s objection to the debtor’s exemption claim in certain real estate. I conclude that the objection must be sustained because the debtor does not “use” the property “as a residence” as Maine’s exemption statute requires. 1
Background
Betty L. Cole (“Cole” or “debtor”) voluntarily filed for Chapter 7 relief on March 23, 1995. She designated certain “raw land” in Hartland, Maine, as exempt under 14 M.R.S.A. § 4422(1). The Chapter 7 trustee timely objected, asserting that the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- In Re DodgeUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California · 1992
- In Re LangleyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · 1982
- Farm Credit Bank of Wichita v. Hodgson (In Re Hodgson)District Court, D. Kansas · 1994
- In Re BrentUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Vermont · 1987
- In Re GrindalUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · 1983
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3Cited by13 opinions
- In Re WengerdBankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 2011
- McNeilly v. Geremia (In Re McNeilly)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2000
- In Re BennettUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · 1996
- In Re GandyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · 2005
- In Re LawrenceUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2012
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