Legal Opinion
In Re Chandler
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided March 1, 2007No. 06-1043PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PATRICK M. FLATLEY, Bankruptcy Judge.
Rene A. Chandler (the “Debtor”) claims an exemption in real property that she owns in Wellsburg, West Virginia pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(d). The Debtor, a former domiciliary of Georgia, has not lived in West Virginia for a period of 730 days preceding her Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition. Martin P. Sheehan, the Debtor’s Chapter 7 trustee (the “Trustee”), objects to the Debtor’s use of the federal exemptions on the basis that the Bankruptcy Code requires the Debtor to use the exemptions provided by the State of Georgia. The Debtor asserts…
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