By William Houston Brown, Editor/Adviser, Academy for Consumer Bankruptcy Education On December 18, 2019, the Supreme Court granted the City of Chicago’s petition for certiorari, 2019 WL 6880702, from the decision of the Seventh Circuit at 926 F.3d 916 (7th Cir. June 19, 2019). The Seventh Circuit’s decision was analyzed in a prior article on this website. In its decision,...
From the Editor – Property of Estate and Exemptions
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By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired)
Sale of Texas homestead. Texas law requires that proceeds from the sale of homesteads must be reinvested in another homestead within six months, and when debtor did not reinvest within that time, the proceeds became nonexempt property of estate. The Fifth Circuit had previously held that the six-month limit was an “integral feature” of Texas homestead exemption, and that “this essential element of the exemption must continue in effect even during the pendency of a bankruptcy case.” In re Zibman, 268 F.3d 298, 301 (5th . . .
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