In Re Kimmel
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION REGARDING CREDITOR’S POST-DISCHARGE ATTEMPTS TO COLLECT JUDGMENT
DENNIS MONTALI, Bankruptcy Judge.
A debtor’s discharge in bankruptcy would not do her much good if her pre-petition creditors could still garnish her wages to pay their claims. The creditor in this case has a creative theory for doing just that: he argues that her discharge did not affect his claim against her husband, that her husband had an interest in her wages as community property, and that her husband fraudulently transferred that interest to her by entering into a postnup-tial agreement. The creditor’s…
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