surviving spouse, or so long as the survivor elects to use or occupy the same as a homestead”), now codified at Tex. Estates Code Ann. §§ 102.003, 102.005 (West 2014). 12 . See 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(1), (3) (allowing debtor to exempt property under applicable state law); Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 41.001 (providing homestead exemption under Texas law that is unlimited in amount). 13 . Pub.L. No. 109-8, § 322, 119 Stat. 23, 96-97 (2005). 14 . Wallace v. Rogers (In re Rogers), 513 F.3d 212, 217 (5th Cir.2008). 15 . The Judicial Conference of the United States adjusted the dollar amount from $125,000 to $136,875 in 2007, from $136,875 to $146,450 in 2010, and from $146,450 to $155,675 in 2013. Id. at 217 n. 2 (citing 72 Fed.Reg. 7082-01 (Feb. 14, 2007)); 78 Fed. Reg. 12089-01 (Feb. 21, 773 (1942) (<HOLDING>). 28 . See Benchmark Bank v. Crowder, 919
holding that state rights are equivalent to federal rights in this area holding that rights under vienna convention are not the equivalent of fundamental rights such as the right to counsel holding that it is well settled that while one tenant in common may acquire homestead rights in the common property the rights so acquired are not superior to the rights and remedies of the other joint owners he can acquire no such rights as will prejudice or in anywise interfere with the rights of the other tenants in common recognizing that unit owners own the common elements in fee as tenants in common holding that where an individual is deprived of liberty or property interests in violation of article of the state declaration of rights he may enforce those rights by a common law action for damages