Kosta P. Velis, Debtor-Appellant v. Mary Kardanis, Creditor-Appellee

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• asserting that interpreting court should also consider context of statutory language
• analyzing ERISA and concluding that IRAs are not excluded from a bankruptcy estate by any federal nonbank-ruptcy law
• affirming denial of exemption to 63-year-old debtor because payments were not reasonably neeessaiy for support
• stating, pre-Patterson, to the extent of distributions made from the pension plans to the debtor or for his benefit, “there are no enforceable restrictions which preclude treating those distributions as part of the estate of the debtor”
• debt- or was age 63 at time of petition fifing and, thus, already past age 59 %
• perceived ambiguities clarified by considering how word or phrase is used elsewhere in same statute

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