Legal Opinion

Larry Eden v. Robert A. Chapski, Ltd., and Jean Eden N/k/a Jean Eakins

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 22, 2005No. 04-2247PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

When an Illinois court dissolved the marriage between Larry Eden and his wife, Jean Eakins, it ordered Eden to compensate Eakins and her legal counsel, Robert A. Chapski, Ltd. (“Chapski”), for the attorney’s fees she had incurred in the divorce proceeding. The state court later determined that this debt was not dischargeable in bankruptcy pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5) and therefore survived Eden’s Chapter 13 bankruptcy. That ruling prompted Eden to initiate an adversary proceeding contending that the bankruptcy court had reserved to itself exclusive jurisdiction over…

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