County of Berks v. Damore (In Re Damore)

OPINION

THOMAS M. TWARDOWSKI, Bankruptcy Judge.

Plaintiff, the County of Berks (“Plaintiff’), filed this complaint seeking a determination that the debt owed to it by Debtor is nondis-chargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(7) since it is based upon two judgments which arose from Debtor’s suretyship status on two forfeited bail bonds. Debtor’s answer to the complaint avers that he was neither the criminal defendant who forfeited bail by failing to appear in the criminal cases nor a professional bail bondsman. Consequently, Debtor contends that we should weigh the equities in favor of declaring the…