In Re Spears’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “fresh start” is a fundamental objective of the Bankruptcy Code. Congress determined in the late 1970s that the former Bankruptcy Act, which had not had any major revision since 1938, did not adequately protect consumer debtors. See, e.g., H.R.Rep. No. 95-595 at 116-118 (1977), reprinted in 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. 5963, 6076-79. It concluded that”

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2. “(B) any interest in property in which the debtor had, immediately before the commencement of the case, an interest as a tenant by the entirety or joint tenant to the extent that such interest as a tenant by the entirety or joint tenant is exempt from process under applicable nonbankruptcy law.”

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   e.g. In Re Raynard

3. “(a) ... Such estate is comprised of all of the following property, wherever located and by whomever held: (1) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c)(2) of this section, all legal or equitable interests of the debtor in property as of the commencement of the case.”

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   e.g. In Re Alan Wayne Raynard