Legal Opinion
Dekalb County Division of Family & Children Services v. Platter (In re Platter)
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 1998No. 97-2761PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, the DeKalb County Division of Family and Children Services (“DFCS”) claims that the debt which the debtor, Debra Kay Platter, owes it for support of her delinquent minor son is nondis-ehargeable in bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5). The district court affirmed the decision of the bankruptcy court which held this debt dischargeable!. Because we agree that the debt does not fall within the requirements of § 523(a)(5), we affirm.
I. History
Debra Platter is the mother of Trevor Adam Storey. The DeKalb (Indiana) Circuit Court determined that Trevor was a…
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