In re Key, 465 B.R. 709 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. 2012) (Barrett)

Property inherited more than 180 days after Chapter 13 petition was not property of estate. Preamble to § 1306(a)(1) makes reference to entirety of § 541, not simply § 541(a). Section 1306(a)(1) incorporates exclusions in § 541(b).

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