Legal Opinion
Samayoa v. Jodoin (In Re Jodoin)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California
Decided May 16, 1996No. 13-17153PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHRISTOPHER M. KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge:
This adversary proceeding involves the interplay between 11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(5) and 523(a)(15) regarding the dischargeability of a $44,082 state court award in a marital dissolution. Although the parties have litigated on the assumption that only § 523(a)(15) applies, the evidence establishes that 97 percent of the state court’s award constitutes nondischargeable support under § 523(a)(5).
Reasoning that the § 523(a)(5) issue is properly before the court in every § 523(a)(15) action as an essential element under § 523(a)(15) and that Federal Rules…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Johnson v. Home State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,922 Nancy H. Shaver v. Peter Frank ShaverCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Florio v. Florio (In Re Florio)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1995
- Dressler v. Dressler (In Re Dressler)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island · 1996
- Collins v. Hesson (In Re Hesson)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 1996
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Jodoin v. Samayoa (In Re Jodoin)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Pummill v. Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale (In Re Richards & Conover Steel, Co.)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- In Re WhiteUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1999
- Stone v. Stone (In Re Stone)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1996
- Henderson v. Henderson (In Re Henderson)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1996
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