In Re Rhoades

OPINION

LARRY L. LESSEN, Bankruptcy Judge.

The issue before the Court is whether the Debtor may use her deceased husband’s homestead exemption in addition to her own homestead exemption pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/12-901 et seq.

The material facts are not in dispute. The Debtor, Etta Rhoades, has lived at her personal residence at 417 West Howard in Kenny, Illinois, for 35 years. She lived with her husband at the residence until his death on June 11, 1984. She has continued to occupy the residence through and including the. present time. The Debtor paid $5,500 for the property, and she now values the…