Order modified, on the law, by adding thereto a provision that petitioner is not entitled to a $10,000 homestead exemption. As so modified, order affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
In our view, when the Legislature amended CPLR 5206 by, inter alia, increasing the homestead exemption from $2,000 to $10,000 (see L 1977, ch 181, § 1), it intended that the increase be prospective only, i.e., to apply only when the debt upon...
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