In Re Snow’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. ““In his objection to the Debtor’s application, the Trustee asserts that the Debtor is bound to the amount claimed in his original exemption schedule and any excess proceeds over this $1,500.00 amount should be drawn into the bankruptcy estate. The Trustee’s assertion ignores the legal effect of an allowed exemption. Assets properly exempted by a debtor are withdrawn from the bankruptcy estate and title to those exempt assets is vested in the debtor to carry into his fresh start. The bankruptcy estate has no interest whatsoever in exempt assets. “In the instant case, the contents of the residence of the Debtor were properly exempted and title had vested in the Debtor before the fire destroyed them. The bankruptcy estate had no interest in those exempt assets. Thus, when these contents were destroyed by fire, the Debtor was the sole owner of the insurance proceeds covering the contents. If the Debtor had chosen to sell the contents after July 29, 1982 (the deadline for filing objections to Debtor’s claim of exemptions), certainly the Trustee would have no valid claim to the sales proceeds, regardless of amount.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Rutherford (In Re Rutherford)