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Fourth Circuit Applies Choice of Law Approach to Exemptions

Bankruptcy courts will use the “state-specific” approach to exemption laws to decide if a debtor may use the exemptions from his former domicile state with respect to property located in the bankruptcy state. Sheehan v. Ash, No. 17-1867 (4th Cir. May 4, 2018). Keith and Phyllis Ashfield filed a chapter 7 in West Virginia and […]