Beard v. Devore (In Re Devore)

OPINION AND ORDER ON COMPLAINT OBJECTING TO DISCHARGE AND TO DETERMINE DISCHARGEABILITY OF CERTAIN DEBTS

BARBARA J. SELLERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the plaintiffs’ complaint seeking a determination that certain debts owed to them by the defendant are nondischargeable. Although the complaint also refers, in the alternative, to an objection to discharge, it is clear from the pleadings, the pretrial statements, and the trial that the relief sought is limited solely to the obligations of the debtor arising from a residential construction contract between the parties.…