Hernandez v. Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services (In re Hernandez)

KRESSEL, Bankruptcy Judge.

■Kimberly L. Hernandez appeals from an order of the bankruptcy court1 allowing a claim filed by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of $924.39 as a priority debt in the nature of a domestic support obligation. The only issue on appeal is whether the debt owed to the DHHS is a debt in the nature of support of a child under 11 U.S.C. § 101(14A)(B). We hold that it is and affirm.

Background

Kimberly L. Hernandez, the appellant, has two children. Hernandez separated from the children’s father, Laureano Martinez-Sanchez, in 1997. Hernandez and…