In re Hess

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

JIM D. PAPPAS, Bankruptcy Judge.

Background

Chapter 13 Debtors David and Lidia Hess claim an exemption under Idaho Code § ll-604(l)(c)1 in the $7,500 settlement proceeds they received from a medical malpractice claim. Scheds. B, C, Docket No. 1. Debtors’ confirmed Chapter 13 plan provides that such proceeds will be distributed to their creditors unless the funds are deemed exempt and not disposable income. Order Confirming Plan at 2, Docket No. 31. The Chapter 13 Trustee, L.D. Fitzgerald, objects to Debtors’ claim of exemption arguing that the money is not reasonably…