Legal Opinion
In Re DeCosmo
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York
Decided January 31, 1994No. 1-19-10248PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
JOHN C. NINFO, II, Bankruptcy Judge.
BACKGROUND
On June 2, 1993, the Debtor, Richard F. DeCosmo (the “Debtor”), filed a petition initiating a Chapter 7 case. On his schedules the Debtor claimed a homestead exemption of $10,000.00 in his residence at 165 Brent-wood Lane, Fairport, .New York (“Brentwood Lane”). The Debtor also listed his former spouse, Terese DeRuyter (“DeRuyter”), as an unsecured creditor with a prepetition judgment in the amount of $15,508.60 for child support arrearages (the “Child Support Judgment”).
On September 7, 1993, DeRuyter commenced an adversary…
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- Stebbins v. Kiernan (In Re Stebbins)District Court, S.D. Florida · 1989
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