Legal Opinion
Betty Janell Goss v. Lloyd Wayne Goss
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1983No. 80-2094PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns the effect to be given in federal court to a prior state court determination of nondischargeability of maintenance and support obligations under former Bankruptcy Act § 17a(7), 11 U.S.C. § 35(a)(7) (1976). The District Court of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, held in a garnishment proceeding involving the parties to this appeal that certain obligations embodied in a divorce decree were in the nature of maintenance and support and thus were not dischargeable in bankruptcy. In a subsequent proceeding, the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of…
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