Legal Opinion
Branton v. Hooks (In Re Hooks)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided September 10, 1999No. 18-20785PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOHN S. DALIS, Chief Judge.
The Plaintiff, Peggy Kennedy Branton, by motion seeks summary judgment. She asserts an issue of law, that a default judgment based in fraud and entered as a sanction against obstruction of judicial process cannot be discharged in bankruptcy pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) 1 . The Debtor/Defendant responded arguing that the default judgment cannot be shown to be based in fraud and that, rather than obstructing the course of the prior proceeding, he was not afforded a fair opportunity to participate. For these reasons, the Debtor/Defendant contends that the…
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