- 11 U.S.C.
In re Fickling
Oct
02
2012
Ruling
Payments to former spouse intended as part of property settlement were not nondischargeable domestic support obligations.
Procedural posture
At a hearing on confirmation of debtor's chapter 13 plan, the issue was whether a buyout obligation of the debtor and owed to creditor wife was a domestic support obligation as defined by 11 U.S.C.S. § 101(14A), entitled to priority treatment under 11 U.S.C.S. § 507(a)(1), whether it was part of a property settlement between the two.
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