Sheffield v. Sheffield (In Re Sheffield)

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

A.D.' KAHN, Bankruptcy Judge.

The parties have agreed that the sole question before the court is whether a child support arrearage can be discharged under the Bankruptcy Code.

The facts apparent from the record are as follows: The parties’ marriage ended in divorce. The final judgment and decree directed Plaintiff, the Debtor herein, to pay child support to his spouse, Defendant herein. Ultimately the Defendant filed a contempt action in the Superior Court of Cobb County in 1979, to collect an arrearage of child support. After an evidentiary hearing the Superior Court found…