Baiquan Jin v. Holder

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• finding that eligibility to claim a homestead exemption turned on debtor’s “state of mind as of the filing date” and whether she “constructively occupied” a property that she had not previously occupied for over seven years
• although the subject property lacked basic necessities, the debtor admitted that she did not actually physically occupy the subject premises
• “When occupancy of the exempt property ceases the purpose of the homestead ceases too.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• “The intent to reside has been defined as ‘a bona fide intent to reside there as one’s principal residence— not in the future, but on the petition date.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).