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Fla. Stat. § 222.201 (2025)
Availability of federal bankruptcy exemptions.
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222.201 Availability of federal bankruptcy exemptions.—
(1) Notwithstanding s. 222.20, an individual debtor under the federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 may exempt, in addition to any other exemptions allowed under state law, any property listed in subsection (d)(10) of s. 522 of that act.
(2) The provisions of this section apply to any bankruptcy action that is filed on or after October 1, 1987.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 39
cases, 1989–2018 · leading case: In Re Harris, 188 B.R. 444 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1995).
In Re Harris, 188 B.R. 444 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1995). “On October 6th, Bankers Trust amended its Objection and challenged the claimed exemption on the additional grounds' that “the Profit Sharing Plan is not a Plan eligible under the Debtor’s claimed exemptions which include Fla.Stat. § 222.201; Fla.Stat. § 222.21; 29 USC §§ 1056…”
In Re Rosenquist, 122 B.R. 775 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1990). “The first is that Section 522(d)(10)(E) of the Bankruptcy Code, made applicable by Section 222.201, Florida Statutes 198S, permits the exemption of the Harris Plan to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the debtor and his dependents.”
In Re Edward Schlein & Kay Schlein, Debtors. Edward Schlein & Kay Schlein v. George E. Mills, Jr., Tr., Florida Nat'l Bank, 8 F.3d 745 (11th Cir. 1993). “Fla.Stat. § 222.201 then opts the state back in as far as exemptions in Bankruptcy Code § 522(d)(10) are concerned: (1) Notwithstanding s.”
In Re Green, 178 B.R. 533 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1995). “Section 222.201 provides: (1) Notwithstanding s.”
In Re Bryan, 106 B.R. 749 (Bankr. S.D. Florida 1989). “21 and § 222.201. I disagree. The objection is overruled and the claimed exemption is allowed.”
Osborne v. Dumoulin, 55 So. 3d 577 (Fla. 2011). “But section 222.201, Florida Statutes (2007), expressly allows individual debtors to exempt "in addition to any other exemptions allowed under state law, any property listed in section (d)(10) of s.”
In Re Smith, 123 B.R. 423 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1990). “Whether Florida may use Fla.Stat. § 222.201(1) to selectively opt back into the Federal exemptions scheme and make § 522(d)(10)(E) available to Florida debtors is unclear.”
Crews v. First Colony Life Ins. (In Re Barker), 168 B.R. 773 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1994). “Instead, a Florida citizen is entitled to only those exemptions allowed by state law, which exemptions are enumerated in the Florida Constitution (Article X, section IV) and the Florida Statutes (Fla.”
Matter of Lee, 119 B.R. 833 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1990). “A similar result is where a debtor seeks protection under Fla.Stat. § 222.201. Florida, having opted out of the federal exemptions, passed this statute in 1987 to expand state exemptions by the Bankruptcy Code provisions under Section 522(d)(10).”
In Re Suarez, 127 B.R. 73 (Bankr. S.D. Florida 1991). “and Keogh accounts exempt pursuant to F.S. § 222.201. That statute makes exempt property of the type described in 11 U.”
In Re McClain, 281 B.R. 769 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2002). “Florida citizens are entitled to only those exemptions allowed by state law, which exemptions are enumerated in the Florida Constitution (Article X, § 4) and the Florida Statutes ( Fla. Stat. § 222.201 et seq.). See In re Haning, 252 B.”
In Re Sutton, 272 B.R. 802 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2002). “This leaves for consideration the claim of exemption based on Fla. Stat. § 222.201 . Section 522(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code authorizes States to opt-out of the federal exemptions set forth in Section 522(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.”
— 222.201(1) — 6 cases
In Re Green, 178 B.R. 533 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1995). “Section 222.201 provides: (1) Notwithstanding s.”
In Re Smith, 123 B.R. 423 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1990). “Whether Florida may use Fla.Stat. § 222.201(1) to selectively opt back into the Federal exemptions scheme and make § 522(d)(10)(E) available to Florida debtors is unclear.”
In Re Morrow, 122 B.R. 151 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1990).
In Re Spears, 121 B.R. 896 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1990).
In Re Crandall, 200 B.R. 243 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1995).
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