The references to Connecticut statutes are to the Connecticut General Statutes Annotated.
Resources:
United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut
| Connecticut Bankruptcy Exemptions | |||||
| Assets | Exemption | State Statute | |||
| Homestead | Real property or mobile or manufactured home for claims arising after 1993: up to $75,000; up to $125,000 if the debt arose from services provided at a hospital. | 52-352a(e); 52-352b(t) | |||
| Insurance | Life insurance proceeds/avails: all. | 38a-453 | |||
| Life insurance proceeds: all if there is a clause forbidding the use of proceeds to pay the beneficiary's creditors. | 38a-454 | ||||
| Fraternal benefit society benefits: all. | 38a-637 | ||||
| Disability and health benefits: all. | 52-352b(e) | ||||
| Disability benefits paid to members from association: all. | 52-352b(p) | ||||
| Life insurance (unmatured) policy avails: up to $4,000 if beneficiary is a the debtor or someone on whom the debtor is dependent. | 52-352b(s) | ||||
| Miscellaneous | Child support payments: all. | 52-352b(h) | |||
| Alimony payments: all to the extent payments are wages. | 52-352b(n) | ||||
| Property of farm partnership: all animals and feed reasonably needed to run farm when at least 50% of partners are members of the same family. | 52-352d | ||||
| Pensions | Federal pension exemption. | ||||
| State employee pensions: all. | 5-171; 5-192w | ||||
| Municipal employee pensions: all. | 7-446 | ||||
| Teacher pensions: all. | 10-183q | ||||
| Medical savings accounts: all. | 52-321a | ||||
| IRAs, Roth IRAs, Keoghs, and ERISA-qualified benefits: in the same percentage as exempted wages. | 52-321a; 52-352b(m) | ||||
| Personal Property | Spendthrift trust funds: all required for support of debtor and family. | 52-321(d) | |||
| Clothing, food, furniture, appliances, and bedding: all. | 52-352b(a) | ||||
| Burial plot: all. | 52-352b(c) | ||||
| Health aids: all required. | 52-352b(f) | ||||
| Motor vehicle: up to $1,500. | 52-352b(j) | ||||
| Wedding and engagement rings: all. | 52-352b(k) | ||||
| Security and utility deposits for residence: all. | 52-352b(l) | ||||
| Recovery for damaged exempt property: all. | 52-352b(q) | ||||
| Transfers to nonprofit debt adjuster: all. | 52-352b(u) | ||||
| Public Benefits | Unemployment compensation benefits: all. | 31-272(c); 52-352b(g) | |||
| Public assistance: all. | 52-352b(d) | ||||
| Social Security benefits: all. | 52-352b(g) | ||||
| Veterans' benefits: all. | 52-352b(g) | ||||
| Workers’ compensation benefits: all. | 52-352b(g) | ||||
| Crime victim compensation: all. | 52-352b(o); 54-213 | ||||
| Tools of Your Trade | Tools, instruments, books, and farm animals: all needed for trade. | 52-352b(b) | |||
| For military personnel, including arms, military equipment, uniforms, and musical instruments: all. | 52-352b(i) | ||||
| Wages | Wages: at least 75% of weekly disposable income that has been earned but not paid or 40 times the minimum state or federal minimum hourly wage, whichever is greater. | 52-361a(f) | |||
| Wildcard | Any property: up to $1,000. | 52-352b(r) | |||