Legal Opinion
In Re Shjeflo
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Oklahoma
Decided February 19, 2008No. 03-07454PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TERRENCE L. MICHAEL, Bankruptcy Judge.
In theory, marriage is an “until death do us part” proposition: “what God has joined together, let no man put asunder.” In fact, marriages in the United States go asunder at a consistently high rate. 1 The laws of our land do not require unhappy couples to stay together: each state has a body of statutes and judicial decisions allowing divorce. The question before the Court is whether the United States Bankruptcy Code permits parties who are going their separate ways via the divorce court to also part company in the bankruptcy court. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- G. Harold King, Jr., and Shirley G. King v. Fidelity National Bank of Baton Rouge, Capital Investment Inc. And Louisiana Equity Capital Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- In Re TaborUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1999
- Hunt v. TRC Properties, Inc. (In Re Hunt)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- In Re GaleUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1995
- In Re BowshierUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 2004
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- In Re StampleyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 2010
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