Free Bridge Auto Sales v. Fitzgerald

By Judge Edward l. Hogskire

In the matter currently before the Court, Free Bridge Auto Sales (“Judgment Creditor”) objects to Ms. Fitzgerald’s (“Judgment Debtor”) claim of her Homestead Exemption. Free Bridge obtained a judgment against Fitzgerald based on the latter’s default on a loan. Fitzgerald subsequently filed her Homestead Deed for personal Property, which sought to exempt $109.00 of wages from her former employer. Free Bridge challenged the exemption, claiming that Fitzgerald had executed a valid waiver of file exemption, but the General District Court found in her favor. The Judgment…