Legal Opinion

Forbes v. Forbes (In Re Forbes)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 19, 1998No. BAP 97-6100EMPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRESSEL, Bankruptcy Judge.

Grace Forbes appeals from an order of the bankruptcy court 1 entering a discharge of her former husband, Russell Charles Forbes, and an order denying her Motion to Vacate Order Discharging Debtor and Motion to Reopen Case. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

This appeal involves the latest in the acrimonious litigation between Grace and Russell Forbes following their divorce. 2 The issue presently before the court concerns an unresolved two-year-old motion to dismiss.

In May of 1995, Grace made a motion to dismiss Russell’s Chapter 13 case or, in the alternative, to declare her…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. First National Bank of Olathe, Kansas v. Thomas M. Pontow Ann M. PontowCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
  5. Terry Wayne Sanders v. Clemco Industries and Ingersoll-Rand CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Krigel v. Sterling National Bank (In Re Ward)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
  2. Robert L. v. Danzig (In Re Howard J.)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
  3. In re HolmanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas · 2017
  4. Meeks v. Red River Entertainment (In Re Armstrong)District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 2001
  5. Situm v. Coppess (In re Coppess)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2017

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