In Re Bates

OPINION AND ORDER ON TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO CLAIM OF EXEMPTION

DONALD E. CALHOUN, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the Objection of Larry E. Staats, Trustee herein, to Debtors Claim of Exemption of payment for personal bodily injury. The Court has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) and the General Order of Reference entered in this district. This is a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2).

The Debtor, James G. Bates, was involved in an accident in early April, 1988. The Debtors, James G. Bates and Angela E. Bates (“the Debtors”), filed a…