Hill v. Hill (In Re Hill)

DECISION

BURTON PERLMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.

Ronald S. Hill, debtor in the related Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, is defendant herein. His former wife, Sylvia Hill, filed a complaint in this adversary proceeding contending that certain obligations required of defendant by the decree by which these parties were divorced are nondischargeable pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5). The case came on for a bench trial, at the conclusion of which we reserved decision.

The pleadings in the case make it clear that there is no controversy with respect to child support as provided for in the divorce decree. That is,…