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Hopkins v. Hopkins

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided February 4, 1985No. 82-407-AppealPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a Family Court order decreeing that the respondent indemnify the petitioner, his former wife, as to certain joint debts incurred during the course of their marriage. In deciding that indemnification was proper, the Family Court found that the wife’s waiver of alimony had been conditioned upon her former husband’s agreement to assume the aforementioned debts. The husband now appeals on the ground that the debts in question were discharged in bankruptcy proceedings that he initiated shortly after the divorce was finalized. He argues that the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. La Petite Auberge, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human RightsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
  2. Hartt v. HarttSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  3. Aldrich v. Imbrogno (In Re Aldrich)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
  4. Fox v. FoxSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
  5. Kuzminski v. Peterman (In Re Peterman)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Zick v. Zick (In Re Zick)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1990
  2. Curry v. CurrySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2010
  3. Ramsbottom v. RamsbottomSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1988
  4. Hogie v. HogieSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Brabham v. Brabham (In Re Brabham)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Carolina · 1995

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