Waag v. Permann (In Re Waag)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MONTALI, Bankruptcy Judge:
This appeal presents the panel with an issue of first impression in the Ninth Circuit: Does 11 U.S.C. § 1328(a)(4), 3 which excepts from discharge certain debts for “restitution, or damages, awarded in a civil action against the debtor as a result of willful or malicious injury,” require that a judgment for damages be rendered prior to the petition date? Concluding that section 1328(a)(4) does not require the existence of a prepetition judgment, the bankruptcy court denied the debtor’s motion to dismiss a nondischargeability adversary proceeding against him.…
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