IN RE ELKINS

Bankruptcy Nos. SG 87-01773, HG 87-01725, Adv. Nos. 87-0539, 87-0538.

94 B.R. 932 (1988)

In re Russell ELKINS, Jr., Debtor. James W. HOERNER, Trustee, Plaintiff, v. Russell ELKINS, Jr., Janet Elkins, and Edward Zaagman, Defendants. In re Robert G. SUTTORP, Debtor. T.M. BAEHLER, Trustee, Plaintiff, v. Robert G. SUTTORP, Barbara Suttorp, and Greentree Acceptance, Inc., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan.

June 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Clinton, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt and Howlett, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Trustees Hoerner and Baehler.

James R. Miller, American Bankruptcy Center, P.C., Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendants Elkins and Suttorp.

Harold Knoor, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Edward Zaagman.

James L. Moore, Traverse City, Mich., for Greentree Acceptance.


OPINION

LAURENCE E. HOWARD and JO ANN C. STEVENSON, Bankruptcy Judges.

CONVERSION OF NON-EXEMPT PROPERTY INTO TENANCY BY ENTIRETIES

The debtors in these cases present the court with the sole question of whether a Michigan debtor who, on the eve of bankruptcy, converts non-exempt property into property held by the entireties may exempt that entireties property from the bankruptcy estate when the Debtor elects the State of Michigan exemptions pursuant...

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