Stegall v. Stegall (In Re Stegall)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ARTHUR B. FEDERMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.

Plaintiff Cheri Huckstep, formerly Cheri Stegall, challenges the dischargeability of a debt assumed by her former husband, debt- or/defendant Kirk Stegall (“debtor”), as part of the property settlement in the parties’ dissolution proceeding. This is a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(I) over which the Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334(b), 157(a), and 157(b)(1). For the reasons set forth below, I find that the debtor’s obligation to pay the assumed debt is dischargeable.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The facts in this case…