OPINION AND ORDER
MICHAEL J. KAPLAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The § 522(o)1 Objection to a Claim of Homestead Exemption, and Why it Was Filed
This is a matter of first impression in New York. The reader is asked to consider this hypothetical:
"I am an unemployed middle-aged woman. I escaped an abusive marriage by means of a divorce proceeding that netted me $101,000, but no home. My daughter...
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