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Leonhardt v. Whitehurst (In Re Whitehurst)
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida
Decided April 3, 1981No. Bankruptcy No. 80-847-ORL-BK-GP, Adv. No. 81-16PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND FINAL JUDGMENT
GEORGE L. PROCTOR, Bankruptcy Judge.
Plaintiff has brought this action seeking an exception to discharge for the sums awarded him as attorney’s fees arising out of his representation of the debtor’s ex-wife in a dissolution of marriage proceeding.
In a Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage entered on July 28, 1980, defendant was ordered to pay the plaintiff $500. Plaintiff alleges that this obligation is in the nature of alimony and, hence, excepted from discharge in bankruptcy. The defendant responds that the debt is not “to a spouse, former spouse, or…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bell v. Bell (In Re Bell)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1980
- Bennett v. Knabe (In Re Knabe)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Indiana · 1981
- Fisher v. Evans (In Re Evans)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1979
- Mahoney v. Smith (In Re Smith)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1980
3Cited by25 opinions
- In Re Theodore W. Spong, Debtor. Raymond J. Pauley v. Theodore W. SpongCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Cooley v. Sposa (In Re Sposa)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1983
- In the Matter of J. C. Catlow, Debtor. Lawrence J. Marks, Individually and on Behalf of Wendy Kay Hall v. J. C. CatlowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Leslie v. Hart (In Re Hart)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 1991
- Freer v. Weinstein (In Re Weinstein)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1994
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