Legal Opinion

Jodoin v. Samayoa (In Re Jodoin)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 2, 1997No. BAP No. EC-96-1514-RyOH, Bankruptcy No. 94-29190-C-7, Adv. No. 95-2135-CPublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RYAN, Bankruptcy Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellee Christine Samayoa, formerly Jodoin (“Plaintiff’), filed a complaint (the “Complaint”) against Defendant-Appellant Douglas Jodoin, M.D. (“Defendant”) under Bankruptcy Code (the “Code”) 1 § 523(a)(15) seeking to have a state court marital dissolution judgment for $44,082 (the “Judgment”) declared nondischargeable. After a trial on the merits of the Complaint, the bankruptcy court held that the Judgment was nondischargeable under Code §§ 523(a)(5) and (a)(15). Defendant appealed. We AFFIRM the bankruptcy court.

I.FACTS

On May 13, 1982, Plaintiff and…

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