Thornton v. Thornton (In Re Thornton)

DECISION AND ORDER

RICHARD L. SPEER, Bankruptcy Judge.

This cause comes before the Court after a Trial on the Plaintiffs Complaint to determine the dischargeability of certain marital debts which the Debtor was ordered to assume pursuant to a decree of divorce entered in the latter part of 2002. Plaintiffs complaint is brought pursuant to two statutory exceptions to discharge: (1) 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5), as a debt in the nature of support; and (2) 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(15), as a debt arising from a property settlement in a divorce or separation. After considering the evidence presented at the Trial…