OPINION
VOLINN, Bankruptcy Judge.
This is an appeal from an order allowing a claim of exemption. The trial court held that the debtor-appellee had effectively abandoned a prior homestead and was therefore free to acquire a new homestead which he was entitled to claim exempt in his bankruptcy proceeding. We affirm.
I.
The debtor and his wife separated in November, 1976 and filed a petition for dissolution of their marriage January 6, 1977...
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