Lane v. Lane (In Re Lane)

MEMORANDUM OPINION 1

JUDITH K. FITZGERALD, Chief Judge.

The matter before the court is Plaintiff Judith A. Lane’s motion for summary judgment seeking to have her claim adjudicated nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5) or (a)(15). 2 The (a)(15) claim was withdrawn during the pretrial conference on May 22, 2001, as inapplicable in a chapter 13. After the parties were divorced in March of 1993 and while the issue of division of property was pending in the state court, Debtor filed this chapter 13 case on March 7, 1996. The Bankruptcy Court granted relief from stay to allow the state court…