Legal Opinion
In Re Robert C. McCafferty Debtor. Robert C. McCafferty v. Marion McCafferty
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1996No. 95-3919PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
The question raised by this appeal is whether a portion of a husband’s state government pension awarded to his former wife in a divorce decree is a dischargeable debt in the husband’s subsequent bankruptcy proceeding. The bankruptcy court held that the obligation imposed upon the husband was dischargeable, and the district court agreed. We have appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d) (1988).
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Robert C. McCafferty and Marion McCaf-ferty were married in 1969. In 1992, Mr. McCafferty filed for divorce in the Court of Common Pleas in Columbiana County, Ohio. In a…
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