Legal Opinion
In re Rivera
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided June 10, 2013No. 12-09036 ESLPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ENRIQUE S. LAMOUTTE, Bankruptcy Judge.
This case is before the court upon the Chapter 7 Trustee’s Amended Objection to Claimed Exemptions (the “Objection ”, Docket No. 23) and the Debtors’ Response thereto (Docket No. 26). The Chapter 7 Trustee objects to several claimed exemptions under Puerto Rico law1 and requests *179the turnover of certain amounts and/or the surplus not allowed under certain exemption statutes. The Debtors contend the claimed exemptions are proper. For the reasons stated below, the Chapter 7 Trustee’s Objection is granted in part and denied in part.
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- Schwab v. ReillySupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Carlucci & Legum v. Murray (In Re Murray)District Court, E.D. New York · 2000
- In Re ColvinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 2003
- In Re RollandUnited States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · 2004
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