In re Deborah Michelle Kiley

Justice Pearce, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

*1166 ¶ 1 The bankruptcy court certified two questions of Utah law that lie at the intersection of family and bankruptcy law. Based upon a compelling certification order, we accepted the invitation to resolve those questions. After receiving briefing and conducting oral argument, we are left with dual concerns-that the parties have not given us the briefing we need to actually answer the questions and that our opinion might ultimately be for naught. At oral argument, Kiley's counsel admitted the deficiencies in the briefing. And the bankruptcy…