Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Bennett (In Re Bennett)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 13, 1994No. 19-10552PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIANE WEISS SIGMUND, Bankruptcy Judge.
Before the Court is Nancy L. Bennett’s (the “Plaintiff’) Complaint to Determine Dis-chargeability of Debt Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 727(b) and 523(a)(5) (the “Complaint”). 1 Plaintiff is the Debtor’s estranged wife, having initiated a divorce proceeding in state court prior to the Debtor’s bankruptcy filing. Plaintiff seeks a determination from this Court that her claim to the Debtor’s pension is not dischargeable under (1) 11 U.S.C. § 727(b) because it is not a pre-petition debt or alternatively (2) 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5) because it is a debt in the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Patterson v. ShumateSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Barnhill v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- In Re John Paul White, Debtor, John Paul White v. Patricia Ann WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Webster v. Hope (In Re Hope)District Court, District of Columbia · 1999
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- Walston v. WalstonDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1995
- Hazelton v. Hazelton (In Re Hazelton)District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2003
- Walsh ex rel. Bankruptcy Estate of Burgeson v. Burgeson (In re Burgeson)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2014
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