Legal Opinion
Soulé v. Willcut (In re Willcut)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 29, 2012No. BAP No. NO-11-023; Bankruptcy No. 10-12802PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KARLIN, Bankruptcy Judge.
This appeal is from a bankruptcy court order overruling the Trustee’s objection to the Debtors’ homestead exemption under 11 U.S.C. § 522(o )(4). Under § 522, a debtor can exempt certain property and protect that property from execution by a bankruptcy trustee. Section 522(o )(4) limits the homestead exemption to the extent of any value attributable to fraudulent conversion of nonexempt assets within ten years of filing bankruptcy. The statute reads:
[T]he value of an interest in ... real or personal property that the debtor ... claims as a homestead ... shall be…
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