Legal Opinion
McNeilly v. Geremia (In Re McNeilly)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit
Decided June 21, 2000No. RI 99-106PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAINES, Bankruptcy Judge.
Chapter 7 debtor Warren McNeilly, Jr., appeals the bankruptcy court’s order sustaining Trustee Louis Geremia’s objection to his claim of exemption in tenancy by the entirety property, namely a Vermont bank account holding $29,991.55. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.
Background
McNeilly filed a voluntary Chapter 7 petition on August 17, 1999. In his amended schedules he claimed exemptions under Bankruptcy Code § 522(b)(2). 1 Among the items he claimed as exempt was his undivided interest in a Vermont bank account ostensibly held as a tenant by the entirety…
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