Blint v. Blint (In re Blint)

DECISION

ROBERT D. MARTIN, Bankruptcy Judge.

John and Kathleen Blint were divorced in 1974. Custody of the couple’s two children was awarded to Kathleen, and John was ordered to pay support. During the marriage John, or John and Kathleen, had borrowed money from John’s parents, Albert and Laura Blint. The divorce judgment required John to pay all debts, including the one to his parents.

Following the divorce, John continued to borrow from his parents from time to time. To secure his indebtedness to them, in 1977 he and his second wife gave a mortgage on the property he owned near Hwy. 14 outside…