Legal Opinion
In Re Ricks
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 17, 1984No. Bankruptcy 83-00174PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GEORGE FRANCIS BASON, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
This case came on for hearing on an objection by creditor Gladys Dorgett to the debtor’s claim of exemptions. The objection is that the debtor’s $4,256.00 claim of exemption in his residence exceeds the debtor’s “aggregate interest” in the residence, under 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(1), because the amount claimed exempt exceeds the equity in the property and because the debtor has only a one-half undivided interest in the property.
According to counsel’s representations at the hearing, Dorgett and the debtor own the property together as joint tenants,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lovett v. Beneficial Finance Co. (In Re Lovett)District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1981
- In Re WalshDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1980
- Kursh v. Dial Finance Co. (In Re Kursh)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1981
- Chesanow v. W.H. Squire Co. (In Re Chesanow)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1982
- In Re DvoroznakUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1984
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Cravey v. L'Eggs Products, Inc. (In Re Cravey)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · 1989
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