Legal Opinion
In Re Keith Alan Kline, Debtor. Ronald R. Holliday v. Keith Alan Kline
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1995No. 94-3798PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Attorney Ronald R. Holliday filed a complaint in Keith Kline’s bankruptcy proceeding to determine the dischargeability of Kline’s obligation to pay counsel fees arising from Holliday’s representation of Kline’s former wife in the couple’s divorce proceeding. The Bankruptcy Court ruled that Holliday’s fee award was in the nature of maintenance and therefore a nondischargeable debt under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5) (1988). The District Court reversed because the debt was payable…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re Theodore W. Spong, Debtor. Raymond J. Pauley v. Theodore W. SpongCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- In Re Edward Elijah Williams, Debtor. Joyce Colleen Williams v. Edward Elijah WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- In Re Sharon N. Miller, Debtor. Sharon N. Miller v. Gerald Gentry, ph.d. And Micheline Z. BurgerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 75,476 Harlan Werner Mary Werner v. Willis D. Hofmann Bonnie L. HofmannCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Terry ADAMS, Appellee, v. Karen Marie ZENTZ, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by118 opinions
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