In Re Caslavka

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• finding that proceeds from sale of homestead are exempt for a reasonable period of time
• holding annuities exempt to remain true to the purpose of the exemption statutes “which is to protect pension plan payments after retirement”
• holding “once a debtor gains unrestricted access to funds in an ERISA-qualified plan, such funds do not qualify as a spendthrift trust under § 541(c)(2) and thus are not excludable from the estate”
• construing Iowa law that \protection afforded by the exemption would be rendered meaningless if exempt status is lost by negotiating the paycheck\
• stating IRAs are generally not exempt in Iowa under sec. 627.6(8)(e)
• exemption of wage substitutes supports “the basic requirements of life at a time when the debtor’s earning capacity is limited”

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