homestead-exemption

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24-6640 Jorge L. Quintana, Sr. v. Tanya Holzhaus, Individually and as Escrow Agent of Stewart Title Company, et al. Texas 2025-02-25 Denied IFP bankruptcy-court exemption-limits homestead-exemption property-rights state-law trustee-jurisdiction Whether individual states can set the parameters of a homestead exemption for citizens filing bankruptcy or if bankruptcy petitions remove states' abi…
23-655 Lawrence J. Warfield v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied bankruptcy-estate debtor-interests homestead-exemption penalty-lien tax-delinquencies trustee-avoidance trustee-rights unsecured-creditors When a bankruptcy court allows a state homestead exemption, is the debtor's exempt interest in the residence instantaneously removed from the bankrupt…
23-615 John Felix Castleman, Sr., et ux. v. Dennis Lee Burman, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit 2023-12-07 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-conversion chapter-13 chapter-7 circuit-split debtor-rights homestead homestead-exemption property-rights valuation Whether the post-petition, pre-conversion increase in value of a debtor's homestead belongs to the debtor or the Chapter 7 estate
21-1448 Dustin Jade Wells v. Kathleen A. McCallister Ninth Circuit 2022-05-16 Denied CVSGAmici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) asset-liquidation bankruptcy bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-filing bankruptcy-petition bankruptcy-proceedings debtor-rights homestead-exemption property-interests property-rights Whether a homestead exemption to which a debtor is entitled on the date of bankruptcy filing can be lost if the debtor sells the homestead during the …
20-499 Nathaniel Richard Hull v. Jeffrey J. Rockwell First Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied attachment bankruptcy bankruptcy-code circuit-split creditor-rights creditors homestead-exemption property-exemption reinvestment state-law Whether a debtor may keep a state-law homestead exemption inside bankruptcy, notwithstanding that the proceeds would be subject to attachment and exec…
20-151 Joe Blessett v. Beverly Ann Garcia Fifth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-law due-process federal-contract federal-court-jurisdiction homestead-exemption property-seizure standing title-iv-d Question not identified
19-1354 Tan Phan v. Minh Van Truong, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-liquidation chapter-7-bankruptcy creditor-claims homestead homestead-exemption lien property-liens secured-debt state-constitution state-constitution-vs-statute state-constitutional-law state-statute unsecured-creditor unsecured-debt Does Chapter 7 bankruptcy require the nonexempt debt to be secured as a lien in order to liquidate debtors' homestead? And if state statute conflicts …
19-6771 Larry Wayne Parr v. Simon E. Rodriguez Tenth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-definition bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-procedures business-trust chapter-11 chapter-11-conversion chapter-7 corporation debtor-status homestead-exemption statutory-interpretation Is the LARRY W. PARR LIVING TRUST a 'business trust' and 'corporation' under the Bankruptcy Code?
18-9090 Virginia Howard v. San Diego County Counsel, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-preemption homestead homestead-exemption lis-pendens mechanic-liens municipal-liability property-recording real-property supremacy-clause supremacy-of-federal-law title-42 title-42-section-1983 Are the Recorders failure omissions to register, record, docket or index documents (regarding real property) make offices, counties, parish, and munic…
18-7708 Philip Eberhard Koebel v. Stevan Chandler, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied IFP 11-usc-109e attorney-discipline automatic-stay bad-faith bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debtor-attorney-discipline debtor-eligibility dismissal homestead-exemption Whether a bankruptcy court contravenes the Bankruptcy Code