If you are using federal exemptions

[elizabeth1969]

What do you use as your median income? DO you use the last state you worked in median income?

[SinkingFast]

Just a guess here, but I'd think that would be the same as moving from one State to another. You use the Median for the State you currently reside in.

[lrprn]

Under the new law, according to http://www.bankruptcyaction.com/bank...exemptions.htm the state you use for your exemptions is:

* The state you lived in for the 730 days (2 years) before filing; or

* If you did not live in a single state in the previous 2 years you use the state where you lived the majority of the 180 period preceding the 2 year period; or

* If the preceding renders you ineligible for any exemptions then the debtor is allowed to choose the federal exemptions.

Also according to http://www.moranlaw.net/bankruptcy-exemption-states.htm - if you live in the following states, you may choose either your state or the federal bankruptcy exemptions: Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin