In re Gilica

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO DEBTORS’ CLAIM OF EXEMPTION

JOHN P. GUSTAFSON, United States Bankruptcy Judge

This case comes before the court on the Chapter 7 Trustee’s (“Trustee”) Objection to Debtor’s Claim of Exemption. [Doc. # 14], Debtor Mattew L. Gilica claimed a 1990 Ranger 17 foot boat and a “1993 Mercury Watercraft”1 as an exempt under the “motor vehicle” exemption provided by Ohio Revised Code Section 2329.66(A)(2).

The legal issue presented here is whether or not the Ohio exemption provision for a “motor vehicle” can be used to exempt a *431boat with an outboard motor.…