IN RE TOLSON

No. 04-85158.

338 B.R. 359 (2005)

In re Thomas J. TOLSON, Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois.

December 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sumner Bourne, Peoria, IL, for Debtor.

James Brannon, Peoria, IL, for Heights Bank.


OPINION

THOMAS L. PERKINS, Bankruptcy Judge.

Whether homestead real estate held in tenancy by the entirety by a married couple is exempt and insulated from administration by the trustee in bankruptcy, a difficult question that turns on state law, must be addressed in this Opinion in the context of the issue of avoidance of a judicial lien on entireties property where the lienholder is a creditor of the bankrupt spouse only.

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