Legal Opinion
Holliday v. Kline (In Re Kline)
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided October 19, 1994No. 94-6127-CV-W-6. Bankruptcy No. 94-50050-SJ-7-ABF. Adv. No. 94-5010-SJPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SACHS, Senior District Judge.
Keith A. Kline (“appellant”) appeals an order of the bankruptcy court in which an award of attorney’s fees in connection with a divorce proceeding was deemed a nondis-ehargeable debt under § 523(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code. 1 For reasons more fully set forth below, the order of the bankruptcy court is reversed insofar as it permits a direct claim against appellant by the attorney.
I. Background
On December 23, 1993, the marriage of Keith A. Kline and Christy A. Kline was dissolved. In its “Amended Decree of Dissolution of Marriage,” the Circuit…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- In Re Theodore W. Spong, Debtor. Raymond J. Pauley v. Theodore W. SpongCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- In Re Edward Elijah Williams, Debtor. Joyce Colleen Williams v. Edward Elijah WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- In Re Debbie Jean Jones, Debtor. Alvin Jones and John Mantooth v. Debbie Jean JonesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In Re Keith Alan Kline, Debtor. Ronald R. Holliday v. Keith Alan KlineCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- In Re Sharon N. Miller, Debtor. Sharon N. Miller v. Gerald Gentry, ph.d. And Micheline Z. BurgerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Catalona v. Holdenried (In Re Holdenried)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Missouri · 1995
- Johnson v. Hamblen (In Re Hamblen)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1999
- In Re WatsonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 2009
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