Legal Opinion
Stanzione & Stanzione, P.A. v. Shenewolf (In Re Shenewolf)
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 20, 1982No. Bankruptcy No. 5-81-00409, Adv. No. 5-81-0399PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
THOMAS C. GIBBONS, Bankruptcy Judge:
The plaintiff, a creditor of the debtor, commenced this adversarial proceeding in bankruptcy pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(c) for a determination of the non-discharge-ability of two debts owed to it. The issue presented in this case is whether court ordered awards, incorporated in a divorce decree and a subsequent related decree, directing the debtor to pay the attorney of his ex-spouse for legal services rendered in obtaining and enforcing the divorce decree are non-dischargeable under § 523(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code. We must now…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re Theodore W. Spong, Debtor. Raymond J. Pauley v. Theodore W. SpongCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- In the Matter of J. C. Catlow, Debtor. Lawrence J. Marks, Individually and on Behalf of Wendy Kay Hall v. J. C. CatlowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Benz v. Nelson (In Re Nelson)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1981
- Glover v. Glover (In Re Glover)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 1981
3Cited by5 opinions
- Zimmerman v. ZimmermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Guerron v. Grijalva (In Re Grijalva)District Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1987
- Schmiel v. Judge (In Re Schmiel)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- In Re PollockUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- Mancuso v. Kloss (In Re Kloss)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1983