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In Re Giarrizzo

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided June 17, 1991No. 19-10321PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JAMES F. QUEENAN, Jr., Chief Judge.

Massachusetts law grants to debtors the right to exempt $100,000 of the debtor’s residence from judicial process; the exemption is available only if claimed through a declaration contained either in the debtor’s deed or in a separately recorded instrument. Mass.Gen.L. ch. 188, §§ 1 and 2. 1 The exemption is ineffective, however, with respect to debts contracted prior to the declaration of homestead. Id. As a result, parties who are not concerned about their creditors rarely claim the exemption and those who are find that it is too late to claim it,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Washington v. Virginia State Education Assistance Authority (In Re Washington)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1984
  2. Bruce Wayne Murray v. Ben Zuke, Trustee of the Estate of Bruce Wayne Murray, BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  3. In Re MorganUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1980
  4. Hulk v. Rosenbaum (In Re Hulk)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1981
  5. In Re TurnerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1984

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In Re BoucherUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1996
  2. In Re RyeUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
  3. In Re Whalen-GriffinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997
  4. Dwyer v. CempellinDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
  5. In Re CempellinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1994

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