JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Zubretsky

Opinion

LAVINE, J.

In this foreclosure action, the defendant Ann C. Zubretsky appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying her homestead exemption claim in which she sought to exempt $75,000 of the net proceeds from the voluntary sale of her home.1 On appeal, the defendant claims that the court erred in (1) not conducting an evidentiary hearing on her homestead exemption *117claim and (2) concluding that the homestead exemption is not available to protect the proceeds of a voluntary sale from a judgment hen creditor. We conclude that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to act…