In Re Collopy

DECISION and ORDER

BURTON PERLMAN, Chief Judge.

This contested matter arises in a Chapter 7 consumer case. At hand is an objection by the trustee to an exemption claimed by the debtor under the exemption laws of Ohio, Ohio having pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(1), opted out of the federal exemption statute.

In her Schedule B-2, debtor listed a life insurance policy of which her mother is the beneficiary, having a cash surrender value of $713.97. In Schedule B-4, debtor claims that such cash surrender value is exempt under ORC § 2329.66(A)(6)(b). That exemption statute refers to ORC § 3911.10…