When the homestead is NOT exempt

[ValleYum]

There really is some arcane Iowa law regarding debt that is owed before homestead is claimed. It goes further to state that the home can not be sold off unless all other options of repayment have been tried. So the student loan can't be discharged anyway - wouldn't this simply make the 1k medical debt the issue?

Link in Google Books here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=xiUUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA693&lpg=PA693&dq=homestead+not+exempt+in+iowa&source=bl&ots=bE-tJdUKEL&sig=3GEtCJQB5a7xQuDFKgkvcqSRsvU&hl=en&ei=MjUqTZ3uHI2usAOa0rHlBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=homestead%20not%20exempt%20in%20iowa&f=false

I am thinking this law goes way back. Like to the 40 acres and a mule days.

[JenniG]

This seems so crazy to me. I honestly believe the trustee must have assumed that my student loans were in default and were from prior to 2007, and that a big chunk of our medical bills were also from before 2007. He did not ask any specific questions about amounts or dates during our meeting.