In the Matter of Floyd Raymond Woods, Bankrupt. Appeal of Judith Jean Crabb, Objecting

This case requires resolution of a recurring issue in this court: whether a term of a separation agreement incorporated in an Indiana divorce decree was intended to provide for the support and maintenance of the wife, and thus creates an obligation which is not dischargeable in bankruptcy, or whether the term represents property division and thereby gives rise to a debt dis-chargeable in bankruptcy proceedings. The bankrupt’s former wife, Judith Jean Woods nee Crabb (referred to herein as Judith), appeals from the determination by the bankruptcy court that the particular term at issue…