Legal Opinion

In Re Solly

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas

Decided August 7, 2008No. 19-31145PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO DEBTOR’S CLAIMED EXEMPTION

[Doc. No. 16]

JEFF BOHM, Bankruptcy Judge.

I. Introduction

Kimberly Solly (Debtor) voluntarily filed a Chapter 13 petition on March 7, 2008. On her Schedule C, Debtor listed a potential malpractice claim (Malpractice Claim) with a value of “unknown.” The Chapter 13 trustee objected to Debtor listing the Malpractice Claim as “unknown” and fur ther argued that 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(5) 1 caps the amount of money Debtor is able to exempt from the Malpractice Claim at $11,200. Debtor argued that § 522(d)(5) does not limit recovery…

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