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IN RE STEPHENS

BAP No. WO-08-086. Bankruptcy No. 07-11679.

402 B.R. 1 (2009)

In re Jill Legae STEPHENS, Debtor. Jill Legae Stephens, Appellant, v. L. Win Holbrook, Trustee, Appellee.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit.

March 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:* Gabriel Rivera, Moore, OK, for Appellant.

L. Win Holbrook, Trustee, pro se, and Mark Monfort of Holbrook & Toffoli, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellee.

Before BROWN, THURMAN, and KARLIN, Bankruptcy Judges.

OPINION

KARLIN, Bankruptcy Judge.

Debtor, Jill Stephens ("Debtor"), appeals a bankruptcy court judgment finding that Iowa's homestead exemption laws are inapplicable to property outside the State of Iowa. We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this decision.

I. BACKGROUND

Debtor and her former husband owned a home in Iowa for several years. In June 2005, in anticipation of their divorce, they sold the home and deposited...

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