In Re Wirick

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BLACKWELL N. SHELLEY, Bankruptcy Judge.

On November 1, 1979, the Debtor filed herein a voluntary petition in bankruptcy listing $4,150 as exempt property pursuant to the homestead exemption allowed by Virginia law. The Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, in § 34-14 provides that property claimed exempt under § 34-4 up to an amount of $5,000 may be designated in a duly executed and recorded homestead deed. The homestead deed had not been recorded prior to the filing of the petition in bankruptcy as required by said Code. Subsequent to the first meeting of creditors required…