Legal Opinion
Nelson v. Nelson
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 22, 1971No. 9072PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEPHENSON, Justice.
This is an appeal by Plaintiff-Appellant (Husband) from an adjudication by the District Court of Roosevelt County that he was in contempt for failure to pay a community debt which the court had ordered him to pay in a divorce decree.
The appeal involves the question of whether a subsequent discharge in bankruptcy excuses noncompliance with the court’s order in circumstances where the debt in question was not discharged by the bankruptcy proceedings and was enforced against the wife.
The chain of events and circumstances which bring this case before us can be…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Galvan v. MillerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- Gallegos v. WilkersonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. PelletierNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- Lopez v. BarboaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1969
- Wilson v. WilsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Krokyn v. KrokynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Matter of HookerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1980
- State Ex Rel. Udall v. WimberlyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1994
- Dial v. DialNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
- Graham v. Jenkins (In Re Jenkins)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 1983
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