KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge. More than 40 states, including California, have statutes that place a debtor’s homestead or a portion thereof beyond the reach of creditors. This protection carries over into bankruptcy to shelter the debtor from forced sale of his homestead by a bankruptcy trustee unless certain conditions are satisfied. In this case we explore the conditions to be met…
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