Fellner v. Fellner (In Re Fellner)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ROGER, Chief Judge.
Debtor Samuel Jesse Fellner appeals from the judgment of the Bankruptcy Court 1 determining that certain debts he was ordered to pay pursuant to his divorce decree were excepted from his discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(15). Because the Bankruptcy Court applied the correct legal standard and its findings of fact were not clearly erroneous, we affirm.
Factual Background
Samuel Fellner and Kim Fellner were divorced on July 13, 1999. Among other things, the divorce decree provided that each party was to pay certain individual and marital debts. As relevant here, the divorce…
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