- 11 U.S.C.
Zeitchik v. Zeitchik (In re Zeitchik)
Jun
15
2007
Ruling
Property distribution payments pursuant to divorce decree were dischargeable due to debtor's inability to pay.
Procedural posture
Plaintiff, an ex-wife, filed an adversary proceeding pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5) and (15) to determine the dischargeability of sums owed to her by defendant debtor, her ex- husband, who had filed a chapter 7 petition. At issue was whether certain payments that debtor was obliged to make under a state court order settling issues arising in the parties' divorce were nondischargeable pursuant to section 523(a)(5) or (15).
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