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IN RE COLWELL

No. 98-5626 Non-Argument Calendar.

196 F.3d 1225 (1999)

In re William Frederick COLWELL and Ruby Colwell, Debtors. William Frederick Colwell, Ruby Colwell, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Royal International Trading Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tina M. Talarchyk, West Palm Beach, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

John P. Tynan, Jupiter, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, DUBINA, Circuit Judge, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The Colwells jointly filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case. Although Florida law does not recognize legal separations the Colwells had been separated for 3½ years before filing the petition. Prior to the bankruptcy petition each had acquired a separate home and had obtained a separate homestead exemption on that home.

Florida has chosen to opt out of federal exemptions and elected to apply its own. 11...

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