Legal Opinion
In the Matter of J. C. Catlow, Debtor. Lawrence J. Marks, Individually and on Behalf of Wendy Kay Hall v. J. C. Catlow
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1981No. 79-3638PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TANG, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from a district court judgment affirming a bankruptcy court judgment declaring an attorney’s fee award nondischargeable in bankruptcy. The issue is whether attorney’s fees awarded to a bankrupt’s former spouse in a post-divorce child custody proceeding in Arizona is non-dischargeable under section 17(a)(7) of the former Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C. § 35(a)(7) (1976). 1 We conclude that the award is nondischargeable and therefore affirm.
The appellant, J. C. Catlow, and his wife were divorced in 1975. The divorce decree awarded custody of the minor child to…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- In Re Theodore W. Spong, Debtor. Raymond J. Pauley v. Theodore W. SpongCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Wetmore v. MarkoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- In the Matter of Roy Stewart Nunnally, Bankrupt. Mary Elizabeth Nunnally, Appellant-Cross v. Roy Stewart Nunnally, Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Lineberry v. Lineberry (In Re Lineberry)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1981
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Beaupied v. Chang (In re Chang)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- Cooley v. Sposa (In Re Sposa)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1983
- Betty Janell Goss v. Lloyd Wayne GossCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Fitzpatrick v. Schiltz (In Re Schiltz)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 1986
- Porter v. Gwinn (In Re Gwinn)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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