Legal Opinion
Marguerite C. Shine v. Louis M. Shine
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 6, 1986No. 86-1287PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we must determine whether an obligation incurred because of the failure to pay court-ordered support is dis-chargeable in bankruptcy where the support order was not explicitly embodied in “a separation agreement, divorce decree, or property settlement agreement,” the language of the bankruptcy statute then in effect, 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5) (1978).
The plaintiff, Marguerite Shine, and the defendant, Louis Shine, were married in the District of Columbia on September 20, 1969. They did not have any children and, on October 30, 1972, they divided their property…
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- Wetmore v. MarkoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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