Kelley v. Locke (In Re Kelley)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JURY, Bankruptcy Judge.
After Donald Kelley (“Debtor”) amended his Schedule C to claim an exemption in certain real property based on his declaration of homestead, Chapter 7 2 Trustee filed his objection to Debtor’s exemption. After notice and a hearing, the bankruptcy court entered its order in favor of Trustee, finding that Debtor had abandoned his homestead by implication. Debtor then timely appealed. Although we disagree with the bankruptcy court’s reasoning, we concur with its result.
We AFFIRM.
I. FACTS
Debtor filed his voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on March 8, 2002. In the…
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