Legal Opinion

Bierbach v. Tabor (In Re Tabor)

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided July 30, 2010No. 1:09-bk-05277MDFPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MARY D. FRANCE, Bankruptcy Judge.

Merri Simpson Tabor, also known as Jamie Simpson Tabor, (“Debtor”) filed a claim of exemption in an Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”) that she inherited from her mother. The Chapter 7 trustee, Charles A. Bierbach, Esquire (the “Trus tee”), objected, alleging that an inherited IRA may not be exempted under either Pennsylvania law or the Bankruptcy Code. The parties have stipulated to the relevant facts, and the only issue is whether Debt- or’s inherited IRA may be claimed as exempt under 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(3). For the reasons set forth below, the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jerry Payne and Deborah Payne, Debtors-Appellants v. Charles R. Wood, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  2. Doeling v. Nessa (In Re Nessa)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
  3. In Re SimsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1999
  4. In Re ChiltonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · 2010
  5. In Re NavarreUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Alabama · 2004

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In Re ThiemUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Arizona · 2011
  2. In re: Travis M. Hamlin and Brittany B. HamlinUnited States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  3. Chilton v. MoserCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  4. In Re ClarkUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2011
  5. Chilton v. MoserDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 2011

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