United States Ninth Circuit

Under California Code of Civil Procedure 704.115(a)(3), an Individual Retirement Account may be exempt from a bankruptcy estate even if it is used primarily for retirement purposes rather than solely for retirement purposes.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/05/2001
• Decided 05/23/2001
• Published 05/23/2001

Judges

• DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PREGERSON, CANBY, and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Naomi R. Bernstein, Rancho Cucamonga, California, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• D. Edward Hays, Irvine, California, for the appellee.