Dean v. Brighty (In re Brighty)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

When Alice said to the Queen, “Stuff and Nonsense”,1 she could have been referring *275to Dean and Clark v. Brighty, as the following summary will reveal.

Trying to formulate exactly what we are expected to adjudicate in this proceeding has been itself a surrealistic adventure — (1) would we, a Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky, usurp the Florida Probate Court and interpret a will, written and executed in Florida, disposing of realty in that state; or (2) would we be deciding a dischargeability question; or (3) would…