Legal Opinion
In Re Ronald Ellis, Debtor. Susan Ellis v. Ronald Ellis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1995No. 95-1020PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Ronald Ellis appeals from the decision of the District Court affirming the Bankruptcy Court’s decision holding nondischargeable in bankruptcy a $300,000 obligation Ronald owed to his former wife Susan Ellis by virtue of a dissolution decree. We reverse.
Susan and Ronald Ellis were divorced in November 1989. At issue here is paragraph 1 of the attachment to the Ellises’ Decree of Dissolution, which reads as follows:
As and for her partial share of the parties’ marital property, Petitioner [Susan] is awarded Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) to be paid to her by…
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- Osterneck v. Ernst & WhinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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