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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Ponorable J. 8. WrchWm, meoutite Dire&or
Stat&Depar&ent ~~PabUo Wel+re
8 oplniw m. 06143
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~~ti&3 5936, Revised Cltil Statutes OS Texas, provides8
*sThe proceeds of the Yolmt~ sale of the homestoad shall not he subject f0 gprnishzent or forced sale uithln sir
zionths after such sale.*
tionorable JI 9. U~Pchisen - p4ge 3
'The Courts hare held in come came that oompen8ation rceaved rroa hom8etead property under oondenmatfon proaeedlngs is likeaise emapt*,
l Xn determining eligibility for old age ebssietawe the faot that.an applhsnt has a resident hme8tead deee not -eat bie eUgibll- ity, on the other haul, it i8 ae8esmry to eon- siaerlaoomefromthe honmsteadlndeteruining eli@Mlity. Becaueecf the,- army compein?eSae
winy old age amiistanae reolpients awe being Paoed to sell their homeetead piwprty; there- fore, we euut'to Jou the ioll0ming queeticnm
•(l)~Doee the lam &e 'hone- .' afeud oheraoter* to prOceeda from ~ the ealeofhOmeetead eoas toex- en+ tram aenslderation euch ceedein~etwndnimge~liQ;ibi tt lr" for old age aesistanaet l (2) xi th e amwer to q pw-
tion one is 'fem*, then what periodoitimearetheprooeede irosa the mle.of’the homentead fs- empt rrom o.on6ideration lnaofar as eligibilfty tar old 6ge usiat- once is oonoernedt
'(3) Would the ansmrs to qms- fianri one and two be ‘ahanged in aft manuor if.the homestead gropesty wae sold imOlt8.ntad.l~ beCmUse ai WWPn- ment actlont~
(1) The principle of honmstecd exemptions Is a wholesome and deeply-cherished one in Terns, and the uni- versa1 rule of construction aith rospeat thereto is a liberal one.
Article 334 of tbe lIevised Civil Satutcs ae- Clam?SI
iionorable J. 8. pistrolzisou - page 3
*The pooeeds of the toumtary t3a.u of thehemesteadshall aotbeaubjeatto gar- nisbment or iorwd sale rithin Z&X month6 after such sale.. :'.
The obvious.purpose OS this statute is to aid the geueraleuempt%onof tbohomesteadfros~toroedsale by jgt.v%ng’to the~amner therdoi the%easouable opporttm- to sell the' saw3 .and reimeat the prooeed8 in ity another ultQOut jeopardizl~ the f%ndly hose.
Paore suah prooeeda at a voluntary sale are, :~ithin the sir m~onths of the statute, reimested In tither cxenpt property, suclz other exempt property, of course, iremUatelp~ becomes izawne from a creditor*0 forced sale;butunleu auahprooeedaaresoi.uveeted, tiiey then boaome~liable to creditors as non-exempt ;:rope.rty l S%awno~~ewsome Co. v. M alin, 196 S. w. 282. Thho prooeeda of ench a sale during the s&x aomths grace..
aXId FrOtOdion allwed by the sfjtut0 eOCuw pr5dSiOly the same etatus as though swh honwsteod still oristed '-_ that Is, they take the plaeo of the homestead for all lQ@al plr p oses l
Subeection (a~) of+ Seotion So.& 8. B. 611, Aotr of the 47th Legislature, regalar oe8sion, as quoted by you, forbids the denying of aeeietanoe beaaueo of the ounershlp by the appllcaut of a m&lemma homestead, tbus~reeoguia- ing the principles af exemption above ateatianed.
Your first question, therefore, shouti be inswer- ed in the afffirmativeg to auswer~othemkee would be to COEW pal the owner of such homestead to forfeit MS statutory exemption or be dcoied deservtng asslatanoe~ Such is not the policy of the lau.
(2) By tho &alogMs above discussed, the ex'&pt charooter of the p-ooesds, esteuding Sor sir months as it does, it uould follow that that period would apply in the adxiuistration of the old age assistance fuxl. That is to soy, it is only after the lapse of air months from the sale that the fi0al-d Would be rorpirml or authorize3 to take i&G xcount such yroooeds as any other noney or furnio on hand by the applicant.
(3) The &wcr to (1) and (2) above u@uld be t:ln z%uLc in case Till5 snl5 OS the honestcad cropertp was invOl- ;;zaary I. as by an involuntary CP cnforccd sale.
Hoaarable J. 8. Uar~blson * page 4 ‘1~8 mt W- d0afu be qprlifisd to m m- The statute doe8 not apeeiall~ exe0pt the proceeds
tont. oirnimol~ntary uleof tbehomeatead,suchu theoum- p0IWtiOB psid UpOB 8, OondsnmrfiOB for 8 pUbu0 tt88, OC the surplna rem&aAng after the pojrpeat of a liea upoa f orealosure proaeaUng8 . :Soah preeeedm are oxeapt, hew am 8partof the exemptlea evea-,~gmamnble~ of the thiag itmlf, by aonstruatlon. (HuBter 8. VOol- dert,U5Wix.433). '
'~o,'ilso~~it hu b&m held that the proeseda et an inouranae polio~ *hen colleofed are exempt m& reamoa- ~ta53.
-what i8 a ruoonaale t&me 18 a quemfion OS rut, uader the eircammtaaue~ of the partioular oaae.
By aaalogj we tblak the appliaaat aosistanoe shoaldaotbeahargeddtb wbpreeeeda ior8tlea11f mix nlontha .