IN RE JAFFE

No. 18-2726.

932 F.3d 602 (2019)

IN RE: Scott N. JAFFE, Debtor-Appellee, Appeal of: Laverne Williams.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 5, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Rosenfeld , Attorney, MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC, Chicago, IL, for Debtor-Appellee.

Bert J. Zaczek , Ph. D., Attorney, LAW OFFICES OF BERT ZACZEK, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Before Bauer, Hamilton, and Brennan, Circuit Judges.


Section 522(b)(1) of the United States Bankruptcy Code states that a "debtor may exempt from property of the [bankruptcy] estate the property listed in either paragraph (2) or, in the alternative paragraph (3)." At issue in this case is paragraph (3) subsection (B), which states, in full, that:

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