- 28 U.S.C.
Ghannam v. Standish (In re Protan)
Sep
30
2011
Ruling
Mandatory abstention did not apply to property damage dispute between debtor and former spouse pending before family court.
Procedural posture
Trustee filed an adversary proceeding in the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Charleston Division, against defendant creditors, seeking avoidance of a property transfer and repayment of a loan made by a chapter 7 debtor to one of the creditors. The bankruptcy court invalidated a prenuptial agreement and entered judgment in favor of the trustee. The creditors appealed.
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