Legal Opinion
Warren v. Warren (In Re Warren)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine
Decided November 4, 1993No. 19-20125PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
JAMES B. HAINES, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
This adversary proceeding, here on removal from state court, presents the question whether the debtor’s consensual, divorce-related obligation to pay a portion of his children’s post-secondary schooling expenses is “in the nature of support” within the meaning of § 523(a)(5)(B) and, thus, whether it survives his September 22, 1988, Chapter 7 discharge. After receiving evidence at trial and the parties’ post-trial briefs, I conclude that it does. 1
FACTS
Barbara and Theodore Warren were divorced by order of the Maine District Court,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- In Re Clarence Oral Calhoun Fdba Bimbo's Place, Debtor. Jo Ann Long Fka Jo Ann Calhoun v. Clarence Oral Calhoun Fdba Bimbo's PlaceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- In Re Theodore W. Spong, Debtor. Raymond J. Pauley v. Theodore W. SpongCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- In Re Edward Elijah Williams, Debtor. Joyce Colleen Williams v. Edward Elijah WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Wetmore v. MarkoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Jodoin v. Samayoa (In Re Jodoin)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Dressler v. Dressler (In Re Dressler)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island · 1996
- In Re MastromarinoUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · 1996
- Marquis v. Marquis (In Re Marquis)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · 1997
- Cowell v. Hale (In Re Hale)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2003
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