In Re Lee

ORDER

BARRY S. SCHERMER, Chief Judge.

This ease came before the Court on the confirmation of the Second amended Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Plan of Cornelius and Gladys Lee, (“Debtors”). At the confirmation hearing, the Chapter 13 Trustee, John Y. La-Barge, Jr. (“Trustee”), raised an Objection to the Plan in that the Debtors’ claimed exemptions under 11 U.S.C. § 522(d) rather than under Missouri state law.

The Bankruptcy Code 1 permits each state to opt out of the federal exemptions listed in § 522(d). Section 522(b)(1) permits the exemption of property listed in § 522(d) “unless State law ... does…