Legal Opinion

In re Murrell

District Court, E.D. Missouri

Decided March 31, 1978No. 77-1097C(4)Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

FILIPPINE, District Judge.

This is an appeal pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 801 from an Order of the Bankruptcy Judge. This Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1334. The findings of fact of the Bankruptcy Judge are hereby adopted. Appellants raise one issue on appeal; that the Bankruptcy Judge erred in not finding that appellant-bankrupt was entitled to the Missouri statutory exemption as a head of a family. §§ 513.435 and 513.440, R.S.Mo.

Appellant argues that because she is contributing substantially to the support of her children, who are in the custody of their father, she is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Bruce Wayne Murray v. Ben Zuke, Trustee of the Estate of Bruce Wayne Murray, BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  3. Robert Kenneth Conklin v. Edwin J. Gasaway, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972

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