Legal Opinion
McCallum v. Pixley (In re Pixley)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided January 24, 2014No. Bankruptcy No. 10-62556; Adversary No. 10-6665PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRIAL OPINION
THOMAS J. TUCKER, Bankruptcy Judge.
I.Introduction
In this adversary proceeding, Plaintiff Joyce McCallum seeks a determination that Defendant Debtor Steven Pixley’s judgment debt to McCallum is non-dis-chargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) for fraud, and under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) for “willful and malicious injury.” Eighteen months before Pixley filed his Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, McCallum obtained a default judgment against Pixley in the Tuscola County, Michigan Circuit Court, in the amount of $157,028.03, plus costs and interest.
The state court default judgment was…
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