entitled to exclude from the bankruptcy estate “any property that is exempt under ... State or local law.” Id. § (b)(2)(A). But “[f]or property to be exempt under state or local law, it must be claimed in the manner prescribed by those laws.” Morgan, 689 F.2d at 472. See also White v. Stump, 266 U.S. 810, 314, 45 S.Ct. 103, 69 L.Ed. 301 (1924). By failing to record his homestead deed in the place required by state law, the debtor in Morgan forfeited the right to claim the exemption in the . federal bankruptcy proceeding. The “manner prescribed” for claiming a homestead exemption is set out in Va.Code Ann. §§ 34-6, 34-14, 34-17. These sections establish the time allowed for setting apart the property, the place where the debtor must file the writing describing the propert (5th Cir.1998) (<HOLDING>). Moreover, the meaning of the procedural rules
holding that the bankruptcy code should not be understood to force bankruptcy courts to use statelaw procedures and statelaw actors to determine what portion of a debtors real property is an exempt homestead holding that the bankruptcy courts as compared to state courts have exclusive jurisdiction to determine issues of dischargeability under the bankruptcy code holding that the statelaw protecting employees from retaliatory discharge was independent from the cba because the statelaw claim could be resolved without interpreting the agreement itself holding that bankruptcy court is without jurisdiction to control disposition of chapter 13 debtors property that is not property of the bankruptcy estate unless the property is related to the bankruptcy proceedings of the code recognizing inherent power of bankruptcy courts to equitably surcharge a debtors exemption to protect integrity of the bankruptcy process and to ensure that debtor does not exempt amount greater than allowed under bankruptcy code