We report the detection of continuum emission at lambda = 850µm and 450µm from disks around four classical T Tauri systems in the MBM 12 young association (d ~ 275 pc). Assuming an average dust temperature of 25 K and typical dust properties, derived disk masses are 0.002 Solar masses for LkHa 263 A+B+C, 0.006 Solar masses¯ for S 18 A+B, 0.027 for LkHa 262, and 0.041 Solar masses for LkHa 264A. Our result for LkHa 263 is consistent with the reported value of 0.0018 Solar masses for the edge-on disk around LkHa C, but our data do not resolve this system. The detection of significant reservoirs of cold dust around classical T Tauri stars in MBM 12 with K- and L-band excess shows that these objects have not (yet) dispersed their disk material. These findings are consistent, although not uniquely, with an inside-out dispersal scenario for disks in this region. Our limited sample supports the finding that close binary systems (LkHa 263 and S 18) have less massive disks than single stars or wide binaries (LkHa 262 and 264). A paper is in preparation.

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