In Re Marriage of Yates

Justin Greg Yates filed a petition pursuant to Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on September 6, 1994, in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the District of Montana, in which he named his ex-wife, Rebecca Jean Yates, as a creditor. In response, Rebecca filed an adversarial proceeding in Bankruptcy Court, in which she objected to the discharge of Justin’s obligations to her. On January 12, 1995, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order in which it abstained from the proceeding and remanded the question of dischargeability to the District Court for the Thirteenth Judicial Court in Yellowstone…