21bk13535
The Debtor filed a motion seeking an order of payment of her claimed homestead exemption. A Creditor objected to this payment based on the Debtor’s bad acts. The Debtor had repeatedly failed to cooperate and had caused delay in her Bankruptcy case. The Debtor had not originally claimed the $15,000 Illinois homestead exemption but had recently amended her schedule to claim it. HELD: The objection by the Creditor was overruled. The Creditor failed to provide a legitimate basis to deny the exemption. The court reviewed Law v. Siegel, 571 U.S. 415 (2014) and Illinois Law and determined under Law, that the Debtor’s bad acts did not constitute a reason to disallow the claiming of the homestead exemption.