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Howard v. Howard

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 2011No. 2009-SC-000442-DGPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice MINTON.

I. INTRODUCTION.

We accepted discretionary review of this case primarily to resolve whether a trial *435court could properly enforce, through its contempt powers, an obligation under a divorce decree to make payments to a creditor on a marital debt even after the former husband, who had been ordered to make the payments, received a post-decree Chapter 7 bankruptcy discharge, and the former wife failed to institute an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court. We conclude that the trial court could properly enforce the former husband’s divorce obligation…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Gibson v. Gibson (In Re Gibson)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 1998
  2. Pavelich v. McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP (In Re Pavelich)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
  3. Hamilton v. HerrCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
  4. In Re Lon McGhan AKA Lon L. McGhan Fdba Envirotrend, Inc. Fdba McGhan Management, Debtor. Lon McGhan v. Jason RutzCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  5. Stabler v. Beyers (In Re Stabler)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Suzan M. Collins v. Richard W. CollinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2016
  2. In re MasonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2012
  3. Lambert v. LambertCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2015
  4. Wilson v. InglisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2018
  5. Fox v. Fidelity First Home Mortgage Co.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2015

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