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§ 362(b)(2)(B)

Foufas, In re--Foufas v. Foufas

Ruling
Incarceration of debtor as part of effort to collect domestic support obligation from non-estateassets did not violate the automatic stay. (Bankr. S.D. Fla.)
Issue(s)
Automatic Stay; Exceptions; Family or Domestic Proceedings, Licenses, Tax

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 17, 2022 , LexisNexis #0822-003

O'Brien, In re--O'Brien v. Skubic

Ruling
Automatic stay did not apply to the service of a contempt motion to the extent it sought payment of the fee award by the debtor. (Bankr. N.D. Ga.)
Issue(s)
Automatic Stay; Exceptions; Family or Domestic Proceedings, Licenses, Tax Refunds, and Medical Obligations; Collection of Domestic Support Obligations From Non-Estate Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 21, 2017 , LexisNexis #0817-092

Cascone, In re

Ruling
Order that established the debtor's child support arrearage was not void as a violation of the automatic stay because the collection action was excepted from the stay. (Bankr. M.D. Fla.)
Issue(s)
Automatic Stay; Exceptions; Family or Domestic Proceedings, Licenses, Tax Refunds, and Medical Obligations; Collection of Domestic Support Obligations From Non-Estate Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on May 18, 2017 , LexisNexis #0717-038

In re Rose

Ruling
Bankruptcy debtor's former spouse not entitled for relief from stay as her Employee StockOption Plan was not a property of the debtor's bankruptcy estate. (Bankr. E.D.N.C.)
Issue(s)
Automatic Stay; Exceptions; Family or Domestic Proceedings, Licenses, Tax Refunds, and Medical Obligations; Collection of Domestic Support Obligations From Non-Estate Property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 22, 2016 , LexisNexis #0117-097

In re Desouza

Ruling
Bankruptcy court erred in holding that domestic support obligation orders requiring payment from property of the estate did not violate stay.
Procedural posture

Debtor challenged the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts' determination that certain probate court orders regarding alimony and contempt did not violate the automatic stay.

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Court :
Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 14, 2013 , LexisNexis #0713-111

Vaughan v. Vaughan (In re Vaughan)

Ruling
Letter to state judge regarding applicability of stay to prepetition contempt motion filed by clerk postpetition did not violate stay.
Procedural posture

Chapter 7 debtor filed a motion for contempt and sanctions against respondents, the debtor's former spouse and the spouse's counsel, claiming that respondents violated the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C.S. § 362.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 29, 2013 , LexisNexis #0313-082

In re Anderson

Ruling
Relief from stay granted to allow representative of debtor's minor children to collect fees from marriage dissolution as a domestic support order.
Procedural posture

A court-appointed representative of a bankruptcy debtor's minor children in the debtor's proceeding for dissolution of marriage sought to recover fees for the representative's services for which the debtor was liable. The representative moved for relief from the automatic bankruptcy stay to allow collection of the fees as a domestic support obligation.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 17, 2011 , LexisNexis #1111-043

In re Huntington

Ruling
Creditor not allowed relief from stay to perfect postpetition attachment.
Procedural posture

In a chapter 7 debtor's bankruptcy case, movant creditor filed a motion for relief from stay to record a postpetition attachment against escrowed funds.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 01, 2010 , LexisNexis #0510-109

In re Exum

Ruling
Relief from stay may not be granted to allow equitable distribution proceedings in divorce cases to proceed.
Procedural posture

A spouse filed a motion for relief from the automatic stay, pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 362, in order to proceed with a divorce action pending in state court against the debtor.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 21, 2008 , LexisNexis #0308-110

In re OBrien

Ruling
Postpetition fee award in post-dissolution proceeding was a domestic support obligation not subject to stay.
Procedural posture

The debtor's former wife filed a motion relief from the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362 so that she could collect a prepetition fee award issued in favor in post-divorce litigation. The debtor opposed the motion.

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opinion summary, case decided on April 17, 2007 , LexisNexis #0807-075