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Exemptions - Loss Of Homestead Exemption, Felicia I. Hmiel
Exemptions - Loss Of Homestead Exemption, Felicia I. Hmiel
Michigan Law Review
Due to inability to make a living, the defendant and his family left their homestead in 1932 with the intention of re-occupying it as soon as they secured enough money to buy the necessary equipment to maintain themselves on the farm. In October, 1937, a judgment was recovered by plaintiff against defendant, execution was issued and levy made on the still vacant homestead, and a date of sale set for June, 1939. Defendant claimed homestead exemption. Held, that since it did not appear when, if ever, defendant would return to the homestead, the removal and seven years' absence was …