In Re Meyers

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER ON OBJECTION TO EXEMPTIONS

SUSAN V. KELLEY, Bankruptcy Judge.

The issue in this Chapter 7 case is whether the Debtors’ amended exemptions should be allowed. The Trustee has objected, accusing the Debtors of concealing assets and prejudicing creditors. The amount involved is $2,067, approximately 11/12 of the Debtors’ 2009 tax refund. The Debtors filed their Chapter 7 petition on November 13, 2009 and neither listed the refund nor claimed it as exempt in their original Schedules. At the meeting of creditors held January 7, 2010, they testified that their Schedules…