MBNA America Bank, N.A. v. Ashland (In Re Ashland)

DECISION

WILLIAM C. HILLMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.

Introduction

MBNA American Bank, N.A. (“Plaintiff’) brought this adversary proceeding contending that certain debts owed to it by Joan Ashland (“Defendant”) were nondis-chargeable. After trial I took the matter under advisement. I now find for the Plaintiff to the extent set forth in this decision.

Findings of Fact

Defendant and her then husband, John Ashland, owned their home in West Yar-mouth, Massachusetts in which they lived with their three children, aged 9, 11, and 14. There were domestic difficulties and her husband left the marital home about…