John Hugh Shannon, P.A. v. Strickland

OPINION

BUCKLEW, District Judge.

This Cause is before the Court on Appellants’ appeal of the Bankruptcy Court’s Order granting Appellee Kenneth Strickland’s Motion for Summary Judgement discharging Appellee’s debt to the Appellants pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523 (Doc. No. 1, filed August 23, 1993). The questioned debt concerns the debtor’s ex-wife’s attorney’s fees arising out of a postdissolution child custody litigation dispute.

Standard for Bankruptcy Appeal

This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(a). Bankruptcy Rule 8013 provides that on appeal, the district court may affirm…