Legal Opinion
Hanson v. Brown (In re Brown)
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida
Decided December 8, 2015No. Case No. 6:14-bk-09589-KSJ; Adversary No. 6:14-ap-00176-KSJPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
Judge Jennemann
The issue is whether a mother, the Debtor, can discharge a debt arising from her improper use of monies in her daughter’s college savings account. I hold that the Debtor cannot discharge this debt to her daughter under §§ 523(a)(6 and 15) of the Bankruptcy Code.1
*909On January 22, 2007, the Debtor opened a Florida Prepaid College Savings Account (the “Account”) for the benefit of her daughter, OFH.2 Debtor was the only owner listed on the Account.3 Debtor and Plaintiff Hanson never married but are the parents of the co-Plaintiff, their…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- In Re Clinton Melvin Ikner, Jr., Debtor. Linda L. Lee, F/k/a Linda Miller and Robert Peters v. Clinton Melvin Ikner, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- In re: Wallace Eugene Francis, Tracy Danielle FrancisUnited States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
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