Legal Opinion
Dirks v. Dirks (In Re Dirks)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico
Decided December 4, 1981No. 19-10404PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MARK B. McFEELEY, Bankruptcy Judge.
PROCEEDINGS
This matter is before the Court upon the complaint of Esperanza G. Dirks, the ex-wife of the defendant debtor, seeking to have the Court declare that certain debts ordered paid by the debtor in a prior divorce proceeding are nondischargeable. Counsel for plaintiff argues that the final decree of dissolution of marriage entered by the state district court is ambiguous, and therefore that this Court has the right and duty to look behind the terms of said final decree to determine that payments on the debts set forth were in fact…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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