Miami Country Day School v. Bakst

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• holding that a debtor's houseboat with no motor was exempt as homestead property
• holding claimant’s houseboat, a “self-contained living environment[ ]” and used as her sole permanent residence, qualified as a dwelling house and was entitled to homestead exemption
• finding a houseboat was eligible for homestead exemption after considering its stationary nature since “[t]he houseboat cannot be used as a vehicle: it has never been equipped with a motor and was towed to its present location.”
• interpreting “including” in section 222.05, Florida Statutes (1993), expansively

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