In Re Ballirano

DECISION REGARDING OBJECTION TO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION

WILLIAM C. HILLMAN, Chief Judge.

Michael and Margaret Ballirano (individually “Michael” and “Margaret”, collectively the “Debtors”) purchased property in Rehoboth, Massachusetts as tenants by the entirety after February 1980 (the “Property”). In June of 1998, an arbitrator found in favor of Belliveau Building Corporation (the “BBC”) for funds the Debtors owed to BBC for a house it built on the Debtors’ real estate. On August 13, 1998, both Michael and Margaret filed separate Declarations of Homestead on the Property.

On September 4, 1998,…