Gilbert and Kimberly Barnes filed a voluntary Chapter 7 petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the
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Gilbert and Kimberly Barnes filed a voluntary Chapter 7 petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland. Subsequently they moved to avoid a nonpurchase money lien held by ITT Financial Services on their exempt “household goods.” Among the goods that the Barneses were claiming as “household goods” were a videocassette recorder (VCR), a 12-gauge pump shotgun, a 20-gauge shotgun, a 30-06 rifle, and a .22 pistol. ITT contended that the VCR and the firearms were not household goods that they could exempt. Under Maryland law, household goods are items of personal property necessary for the day-to-day existence of people in the context of their homes. Should the court consider the VCR and firearms to be “household goods”?
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Law for Business
ISBN: 978-1259722325
13th edition
Authors: A. James Barnes, Terry M. Dworkin, Eric L. Richards