MATTHEWS v. LEWIS


617 S.W.2d 43 (1981)

Evelyn D. MATTHEWS, Movant, v. Samuel L. LEWIS, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan L. Schmitt, Legal Aid Society, Inc., Elizabethtown, for movant.

Walter L. Porter, Louisville, for respondents.

Bruce D. Atherton, Louisville, for amicus curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

The question presented by this case is whether assets received from a statutorily exempted source and placed by the recipient into his or her bank checking account lose their exempt status.

Movant Evelyn Matthews received a worker's compensation payment in the amount of $146.78 and deposited same to her checking account on May 14, 1979, increasing her balance to $149.19. Movant wrote a check for $36.00, which was paid on May 18, 1979...

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