Brown v. Kastner (In Re Kastner)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JERRY A. BROWN, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter came on for trial on March 29, 1996 on the motion for entry of judgment by default filed by the Honorable James H. “Jim” Brown as Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Louisiana and as Liquidator of American Lloyds Insurance Company (“Commissioner”). The complaint seeks a determination that the Commissioner’s claims against a nondebtor, John H. Kastner (“Mr. Kastner”), the husband of the debtor, Joan M. Kastner (“Mrs. Kastner”), are non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. §§ 523 and 524(a) because the claims constitute a community…