Mele v. Mele (In Re Mele)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUNN, Bankruptcy Judge.
Chapter 13 1 debtor John Peter Mele (“John”) 2 appeals the bankruptcy court’s decision excepting from his discharge part of a Washington state court (“State Court”) property allocation judgment entered in marital dissolution proceedings with his former wife, Kimberly Mele (“Kimberly”), under § 523(a)(4). We REVERSE.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The underlying facts in this appeal are not in dispute, 3 and they reflect a distressing but, unfortunately, all-too-common scenario.
The parties were married for nineteen years. They separated in April 2007 and divorced on April…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Kawaauhau v. GeigerSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Davis v. Aetna Acceptance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. DavenportSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Gleason v. ThawSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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