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Miles v. Clarke (In re Miles)

Miles v. Clarke (In re Miles)

Ruling
Former spouse's attempt to collect on prepetition debt violated discharge injunction.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff bankruptcy debtor brought an adversary proceeding against defendant, the debtor's former spouse, seeking a finding of contempt by the spouse for allegedly violating the discharge injunction of 11 U.S.C. § 524(a)(2) by attempting to collect prepetition debts arising from the parties'property settlement. The bankruptcy court conducted an evidentiary hearing.

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opinion summary, case decided on October 27, 2006 , LexisNexis #0107-130