Bankr. No.:
00-40484
Chapter:
7
Date of Decision:
September 27, 2000
Issue:
Whether house in another town in which the debtors had not lived for several years could be declared their exempt homestead?
Ruling:
The unoccupied house was deemed the debtors' homestead. They did not have another homestead, they lived in a different town due to employment, and they had a present intent to return to the house when one debtor retired and when they had sufficient funds to make it habitable again.
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