Matter of Crippen

MEMORANDUM

JAMES J. BARTA, Bankruptcy Judge.

The hearing upon the trustee’s objections to the debtor’s claim of exempt property was called on July 22, 1983. The debtor appeared in person and by counsel and presented certain testimony concerning her claim to be the head of a family; concerning her claim of a homestead in an unimproved parcel of real property; and concerning her claim for unpaid child support payments.

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The real property here consists of five acres of land in Potosí, Missouri, which were purchased by the debtor and her present husband, Michael Crippen, before the couple was…