IN RE SIVLEY

Bankruptcy No. 1-80-01118.

14 B.R. 905 (1981)

In re Katherine Hart SIVLEY, Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee.

October 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Mayfield and Arthur C. Grisham, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn., for City Finance Co.

Flossie Weill, Chattanooga, Tenn., Trustee, pro se.

J. Estes Cocke, Chattanooga, Tenn., for debtor.


MEMORANDUM

RALPH H. KELLEY, Bankruptcy Judge.

The question in this proceeding is whether the debtor, Mrs. Sivley, is entitled to a homestead exemption in a house and lot or its proceeds. When she filed her bankruptcy petition and claimed the exemption, Mrs. Sivley and her husband owned the property as tenants by the entirety. He was living in the house, but she was not.

Shortly after bankruptcy Mrs. Sivley was granted a divorce, which made her and...

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