In Re Hellen

How courts have described this case

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• holding that property does not need to be principally designed, function, or is used solely as a health aid in order for the exemption to attach
• holding that the legislative intent underlying a statutory exemption scheme and health aid exemption similar to North Carolina’s was not to allow a debtor to “claim the entire [property] exempt by virtue of the special equipment installed”
• stating that “prescribe” means “to direct, designate, or order the use of as a remedy”
• finding that a van was a “health aid” because it was used principally for the mitigation of DR’s disability as well as for the treatment of that disability
• noting that the Illinois legislature did not impose any conditions on the exemption

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).