Persechino v. Ammirato (In Re Ammirato)

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ROBERT L. KRECHEVSKY, Chief Judge.

I

The question presented in these proceedings is whether several obligations of the debtor to the plaintiff, his former spouse, arising out of the terms of a marriage dissolution decree are nondischargeable because the obligations represent alimony. Both the plaintiff (who remarried during these proceedings and is now known as Angela Vaill) and the debtor brought complaints to determine the same issue. The complaints have been heard jointly, and the following facts were established at hearings which started on April 22, 1986, and…