Roshan v. Nouri (In Re Nouri)

OPINION 1

JOHN J. THOMAS, Chief Judge.

Background

This adversary proceeding requires the Court to determine whether certain obligations imposed by an equitable distribution order (“Order”) are dischargeable under section 523(a)(15) of the Bankruptcy Code (“Code”). In order to better understand this situation, it’s necessary to begin at its inception.

Vida Roshan (“Plaintiff’) and Mohamad Nouri (“Debtor”) were married in September 1981. Two children were born from this union. 2 Both parties spent a large portion of their marriage living abroad before settling in the United States and eventually…