Turpen v. Rouse, No. 12-6039 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDebtor appealed from a bankruptcy court order sustaining the trustee's Objection to Debtor's Claim of Exemptions and granting trustee's Motion to Compel Turnover. The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling that debtor's exemption for three unrelated children living in his house did not fall within the ambit of Missouri Revised Statute 513.440 and that an amount to be calculated and agreed upon by the parties based on the sustained objection was property of the estate and must be turned over to the trustee.
Court Description: Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Missouri does not provide an exemption for children who are not related - either biologically or through adoption - to the head of the family and the bankruptcy court did not err in denying debtor's claim for an exemption for the three children of the unrelated woman living with him. [ November 01, 2012
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