Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. Vaughn (In re Vaughn)
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided November 27, 2018No. 2d Civil No. B286871PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtTangeman, J.
*453Philip Vaughn appeals from the trial court's postjudgment order concluding that his outstanding debt on a loan from a family partnership-in which his ex-wife, Charlene Yu Steele Vaughn, is a limited partner-was nondischargeable in bankruptcy.
*230( Code Civ. Proc., § 904.1, subd. (a)(2).) Philip1 contends the court incorrectly determined that his debt was exempt from discharge pursuant to *454section 523(a)(15) of title 11 of the United States Code.2 We hold that when the nature of a debt is such that its discharge will directly and adversely impact the finances of the debtor's spouse or former…
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