Hi-Qual Roofing & Siding Materials, Inc. v. Ridsdale (In Re Ridsdale)

MICHAEL J. KAPLAN, Bankruptcy Judge.

By separate decision, the Court has declared a $104,728.08 liability to be nondischargeable in this case.

The Court writes separately as to the award of a money judgment, solely to address what this writer respectfully submits is a misinformed line of cases to the effect that a bankruptcy court lacks jurisdiction to enter money judgment on a non-dis-chargeable debt. 1

Such cases are based on the premise that “The Code and Rules do not authorize entry of a money judgment on a nondischargeable debt.” 2

I respectfully differ. The Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy…