In re Morgan

DECISION & ORDER

Bucki, U.S.B.J.

The Chapter 7 trustee has moved for authority to recover various costs and expenses from the exempt portion of proceeds derived from a sale of the debtor's homestead. The central issue involves whether the decision of the Supreme Court in Law v. Siegel , 571 U.S. 415, 134 S.Ct. 1188, 188 L.Ed.2d 146 (2014), will protect the full value of the claimed exemption.

Jason G. Morgan filed a petition for relief under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code on September 22, 2014. In schedules filed with his petition, Mr. Morgan acknowledged ownership of a homestead at 50 East…