United States Second Circuit

The 2005 Amendment to New York C.P.L.R. 5206, which increased the state's homestead exemption from $10,000 to $50,000, applies retroactively to debts incurred prior to the Amendment's effective date.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/09/2009
• Published 01/09/2009

Judges

• WESLEY, Circuit Judge:, Before WESLEY, HALL, and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward Y. Crossmore, The Crossmore Law Office, Ithaca, N.Y. for Appellant., Owen Demuth, Assistant Solicitor General, (Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Andrew D. Bing, Deputy Solicitor General), for Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of the State of New York.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeff Coleman, Ithaca, N.Y. for Appellees.