Legal Opinion
In Re Cambre
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided January 27, 2012No. 19-70299Published
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ROSS W. KRUMM, Bankruptcy Judge.
The matter before the Court for decision is the Trustee’s objection to the Debtors’ homestead exemption. The Trustee has objected that the homestead exemption was not filed timely according to the provisions of Virginia Code § 34-17. 1
Facts
The Debtors filed their Chapter 7 petition on August 8, 2009. The Debtors’ § 341 creditors meeting was held on September 29, 2011. The Debtors are residents of Montgomery County, Virginia and filed a homestead deed in the clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County on September 6, 2011…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lester Shackman Shirkey, Jr. v. John G. Leake, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Goldburg Co. v. SalyerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
- In Re WatkinsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 2001