Legal Opinion
Davenport v. Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare (In Re Davenport)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 8, 1988No. 19-11403PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRUCE I. FOX, Bankruptcy Judge:
The narrow issue before me is whether a criminal restitution obligation may be discharged in a chapter 13 case. The debtors have commenced an adversary proceeding seeking a determination that an order of criminal restitution requiring them to make payments to the Bucks County Adult Probation and Parole Department represents a dischargeable unsecured debt which is provided for by their confirmed chapter 13 plan and which is made dischargeable by virtue of 11 U.S.C. § 1328. Both the Probation and Parole Department as well as the Commonwealth of…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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