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Brian Daniel Marron, Ch. 13, BK23-80554-BSK (Feb. 8, 2024)

The bankruptcy court granted the debtor’s motion to avoid a lien that impaired his homestead exemption under § 522 “[b]ecause the debtor is allowed to claim a homestead in his one-half interest in property, and because there is no evidence or presumption his non-filing spouse consented to a homestead in her one-half interest.” After analyzing the 2011 Nebraska bankruptcy decision of In re Pedersen and the cases cited therein, the court distinguished it from the present case because Pedersen involved a married couple filing jointly while this case involves a debtor and his non-filing spouse. The court would not presume the non-filing spouse consented to the selection of the homestead from her separate property.

Date: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Judge: 
Judge Brian S. Kruse